myoxus

[Gr. myoxos =a dormouse: mys only genus of the order Myricacese. Myrica gale, IMG:content-1527.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1528.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. Palæont.: (See extract.) "Two species have been detected in the Upper Eocene (Gypseous series of Montmartre), and a third from beds of Miocene age. Several have been detected in Post Tertiary deposits, of which the most remarkabl is M. mel i tens is, from the Maltese Post-Pliocene. This form is described by Falconer as being 'as big in comparison to a living dormouse as the bandicoot-rat is to a mouse." -Nicholson: Palæont., ii. 410. myr-çi-a, s. [Lat. Murcia =an epithet of Venus, said to be taken from the myrtle (q. v.), which was sacred to her. Bot.: A genus of Myrtacese, tribe Myrtese. From 300 to 500 are known, from tropical and sub-tropical America. Many have edible fruits. ( Treas . of Bot .) myr-I-a-, pref . [Greek myrias =ten you sand.] Many, po e ing many or much. mỹr-I-a-căn-thous, a. [MY RIA CANTHUS.] Of or belonging to the genus My ria canthus.