macrame (makrama)

[It. macrame, said to be of Ar. Ar. origin.] An ornamental trimming made by leaving a long fringe of thread and knotting the threads together so as to form geometrical patterns. Also called knotted - bar work.- Macramé cord, a kind of fine cord prepared for the manufacture of macramé lace, and also used for other work, such as netting of various kinds, and for hammocks. Macramé lace, a kind of knotted work in which elaborate fringes and the like are made in modern imitation of the old knotted point. macrandrous (mak-ran'drus), a. [ IMG:content-0032.png:[blocks in formation] Macrauchenia (mak-ra-kēni-ä), n. [NL., μακραύχην , long-necked, μακρός , long, + αὐχήν , neck.] A genus of fo il peri odactyls founded by Owen in 1838 upon remains of camel- like quadrupeds found in the Tertiary of South America. Two species are named M. patacho- nica and M. boliviensis . Opisthorhinus is sy- nonymous. Macraucheniidæ (mak-ra-ke-ni'i-dē), n . pl . Macrauchenia + A family peri odactyl Ungulata , established upon the Black-rat Blister-beetle ( Macroba- murina). a, male beetle κρός , long, + καρπός , fruit.] Having large fruit. Macrocentri (mak-rō-sen'tri), n . pl . [NL., pl. of Macrocentrus , q. v.] One of two prime sec- tions of the parasitic hymenopterous family Chalcidida. It includes 13 subfamilies and the largest species in the family, having 5-jointed tarsi, usually many- jointed antennæ, and anterior tibiæ armed with a large curved spur. Macrocentrus (mak-rō-sen'trus), n. [NL. (Cur- tis, 1833), μακρόκεντρος , having a long sting, μακρός , long, + κέντρον , a goad, sting: see cen- ter1.] A genus of ichneumon-flies, typical of the subfamily Macro cent rinæ , having the abdo- men inserted above the hind coxse. North Amer- ica and Europe have each about 6 species. M. delicatus is a common parasite of the codling-moth in the United macrocephalic (mak"rō-se-fal'ik or -sef'a-lik), a . [As macrocephal - ous + -ic .] 1. Of or pertain- ing to a large head; a ociated with exce ive size of the head: as, macrocephalic idiocy.- macrocephalous (mak-rō-sef'a-lus), a. [ μακροκέφαλος , long-headed, μακρός , long, + κεφα- λή, head.] 1. In zoöl . , having a long or large head.-2. In bot ., having the cotyledons of a body. Macrochelys (mak-rok'e-lis), n. [NL., μακρός , long, + χέλυς , a tortoise: see chelys .] A genus of snapping-turtles of the family Chely- dridæ. M. lacertina is a large alligator-turtle inhabiting the southern United States. IMG:content-0033.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] macro chemical (mak-rō-kem'i-kal), a. [ μακρός , long, large, + E. chemical .] Of or per- taining to chemical tests which may be applied, or reactions which may be observed, with the naked eye: distinguished from microchemical . Macrochira (mak-rō-kī'rä), n. [NL., κρόχειρ , long-handed (long-armed), IMG:content-0034.png:[blocks in formation] macrochire. macrochire (mak'rō-kir), n. group Macro chi res . Macro chi res (mak-rō-kīrēz), n . pl . [NL., μακρόχειρ , long-handed (long-armed): see Ma- crochira.] A group of birds, so named from the length of the terminal as compared with the proximal portion of the wing. As originally used by Nitzsch, 1829, it included the humming-birds and swifts ( Trochili and Cypseli ), to which are now usually add- ed the goatsuckers ( Caprimulgi ) : nearly synonymous with macro chiropter (mak"rō-ki-rop'tėr), n. Same as macro chiropteran . Macro chiropter a (makrō-ki-rop'te-rä), n . pl . [NL., Gr. μακρός , long, large, + NL. Chirop- tera.] A suborder of Chiropter a , comprising the largest species of the order. It consists of the fruit-bats, or Frugivora , as distinguished from the Micro- chiropter a , or ordinary bats. Usually Mega chiropter a . macro chiropteran (mak"rō-ki-rop'te-ran), a. and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the Macrochi- roptera . II. n. One of the Macro chiropter a ; a frugiv- orous bat, or fruit-bat. Also macro chiropter . macro cho a nite (mak-rō-kō'a-nīt), a . and n. [ Macro cho a nites .] I. a . Having long septal funnels, as a cephalopod; of or pertaining to the Macro cho a nites . II. n. One of the Macro cho a nites . Macro cho a nites (mak-rō-kō-a-nītēz), n. pl. [NL., μακρός , long, + χοάνη , a funnel: see choanite .] A group of cephalopods, containing those nautiloids and ammonoids whose septal funnels are long. Hyatt , Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1883, p. 260. Macrocnemum (mak-rok-nē'mum), n. [NL.(P. Browne, 1756), so called in allusion to the long flower-stalk; μακρός , long, + κνήμη , a leg: see brain by experience, and the journeys which it makes are no more than the microcosmic representatives of macro- cosmic distances. Maudsley, Mind, XII. 508. macrocyst (mak'ro-sist), n. [ μακρός , long or large, large, + + E. cy cyst .] A cyst of large size: ap- rly to the cyst or spore-case of vertically disposed; and the stem itself when unbroken always terminates in an oblique leaf broader than the rest and having one or more slits in its base. This terminal leaf is the growing-apex, and from the development of the slits in the base new lateral leaves are grad- ually separated. regular patches on small radical leaves. M. pyrifera, the only species, girds the southern temperate zone in its dis- tri but i on. The stems, which are the longest known in the vegetable kingdom, vary from 5 feet to several hundred feet in length, and Hooker observed them near the Crozet Islands fully 700 feet long. Harvey. Macrodactyl a Macrodactyl a (mak-rō-dak'ti-lä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of macrodactyl us: see macrodactyl.] In Latreille's system, the second tribe of the second section of Clavicornes, having simple narrow tibiæ and long five-jointed tarsi, the last joint of which is large, with two strong hooks. Also Macrodactyl i.