merling

[Fr. merl an =a whiting.] Ichthy.: Merlangus vulgar is , the whiting. *mer-li-on, s. [MERLIN.] 2685 měr-o-is-tic, a. [Gr. meros =part, and oon =an egg.] Zool .: Relating to the ovaries of insects which secrete vitelligenous cells as well as eggs. Měr-o-pē, s . [Lat., from Gr. Meropē .] 1. Astron.: The smallest and least bright of the Pleiades. 2. Cla . Mythol.: One of the Pleiades, who were regarded as daughters of Atlas. Of all her sisters she alone failed to captivate the affections of a celestial deity, and married a mortal. On this account the star into which she was at last transformed was le bright than the others. [1.] [MYTH.] mě-rop-i-dæ, s. pl. [Lat., ., merop ( s ), fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ornith.: Bee-eaters, a family of inse orial picarian birds, of which Merops is the type. Their range in space is over the Palæartic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian sub-regions. Five genera are known, all recent. mě-rop-i-dăn, a. & s. [Mod. Lat. meropid (a); Ornithology: A. As adj.: Of or belonging to the family Meropide; as, of meropidan affinities. "The merlons and embrasures with which the main portion of the building was furnished."Archæologia, xii. 147. IMG:content-1123.jpg:[ocr errors]