mycterIa

[Latinized from Gr. myktër = the nose, a snout.] Ornith.: Jabiru; a genus of Ardeide, sub-family Ciconine. The bill is turned up at the tip. [JABIRU.] mydus mỹd-ā-ŭs, s. of Gr mydos decay, in allusion to IMG:content-1521.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1522.png:[blocks in formation] -atic .] IMG:content-1523.png:[blocks in formation] Zool .: (See extract.) [MYELENCEPHA "The sub-kingdom Vertebrata, or Myelencephala , is characterized by the disposition of the principal ma of the nervous system in a median axis, consisting of the brain and spinal cord, situated along the dorsal aspect of the body, behind the heart and digestive system, and inclosed in a body or cartilaginous case, constituting a spinal column." -Owen: Comp . Anat.; Invertebrata , p. 12. mỹ-ěl-en-çě-phăl-ic, a . [Eng., ., myelen cephal( on ); -ic.] Pertaining to or connected with the myelencephalon.