min1opter us

[Mod. Lat., from Gr. * min yos, a umed by grammarians as the root of miny thô to le en, to curtail, and pteron a wing.] Zool.: The typical genus of the group Mini opter i (q. v.). The crown of the head is abruptly raised from the face, the upper incisors in pairs, separated from the canines; ears separate, the outer margin extending forward nearly to the mouth; nostrils entirely inclosed within the interfemoral membrane. simple; tail as long as the head and body, and It has a wide geographical range, through the Eastern Archipelago to Australia, westward through Burmah and Ceylon, to Madagascar, Africa, Asia Minor, and Southern Europe, as far north as Swit zerland and Austria. Brown, grayish, or black to reddish-gray or reddish-brown. Mini opter us schreibersii is Schreiber's Bat, an inhabitant of caves; M. trist is is from the Philippine, M. aus tralis from the Loyalty Islands, and M. blepotis is an eastern species. *min-1-ous, a. [Latin. minium red-lead, vermilion.] Red. "They hold the sea receiveth a red and minious tincture from springs, wells, and currents, that fall into it."Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. vi., ch. ix. *min'-ish, *men-us-en, *myn-y he, v . t . [Fr. menuiser to diminish, to extenuate, from Low Lat. * minutio , minuto =to reduce to fragments; Lat. Ital. minuzzare .] To le en, to diminish, to cut off, minutiæ fragments, from minutus =small, minute; IMG:content-1238.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A servant, an attendant; one who acts under the orders and authority of another. "He closed the book, and he gave it again to the minis ter , and sat down."- Luke iv. 20. 2. A servant or me enger from God. "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us." Shakesp.: Hamlet, i. 4. 3. One who is employed to a certain end; an agent, a medium, an instrument. 4. Anything employed or used as a means to an end; a medium, a means, an instrument; one who or that which supplies anything; a source. "Much conversant with Heaven, she often holds, With those fair ministers of light to man Sweet conference." IMG:content-1239.png:[blocks in formation] "Let them paint their faces with minion and ceruse." Burton.: Anat. of Melancholy , p. 473.