Macro tarsi (makrotarsi)

pl. [NL., macro tarsi an (mak-rō-tär'si-an), a, and n. [As Macro tarsi + -an.] I. a. Having long tarsi. II. n . An animal that has long tarsi. Macro tarsi us (mak-rō-tär'si-us), n. [NL.: see Macro tarsi .] Same as Cursor i us . macro there (mak'rō-ther), n. An animal of the genus Macrotherium . racostracous crustaceans of the order Decapod a , containing those which are long-tailed, as the lobster, crawfish, prawn, shrimp, etc.: dist in- guished from Brachyura and Anomura . The ab- domen is long, muscular, flexible, and covered with a hard, segmented shell; it bears usually six pairs of appendages, pairs of feelers are long and filiform; the inner pair are always exserted, and the outer have often a modified exopo- dite as an appendage at the base. Also spelled Macroura . macrural (mak-rö'ral), a . [As macrurous + -al.] Same as macrurous . macruran (mak-röʻran), n. [ Macrura +-an.] A member of the group Macrura . Macruridæ (mak-röʻri-dē), n . pl. [NL., Ma- crurus +-ida.] A family of an acanthine fishes, typified by the genus Macrurus . It consists of gadoids which have an elongated tail tapering backward and without a separate caudal fin, a post pectoral anus, enlarged suborbital bones, an inferior mouth, sub brachial ventral fins, a distinct anterior dorsal, and a long second dorsal and anal. The family includes about 15 deep-sea fishes, of 5 genera, known as grenadiers , rattails , etc. macruroid (mak-rö'roid), a . and n. [ Macru- rus +-oid.] I. a . Pertaining to the Macrurida , or having their characters. Macrurus (mak-rö'rus), n . [NL.: see macru- rous .] us .] 1. In ichth ., the typical genus of Ma- cruridæ, having a long tapering tail. M. fabric i i , the rattail, and M. (Coryphænoides) rupestris are the two best known, both inhabiting deep water of the North At- lantic. Bloch , 1787. 2. A genus of dipterous insects. Lioy, 1864. mactation (mak-tā'shon), n. [= OF. macta- tion , mactatio ( n- ), a killing for sacrifice, It. matare = Sp. Pg. matar = OF. macter ), offer for sacrifice, sacrifice, immolate, kill, slaughter.] The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. [Rare.] Macroura, macroural, etc. See Macrura , etc. Macrozamia (mak-rō-zā'mi-ä), n. [NL. (Mislayer, mactare , sacrifice, kill. Cf. matador , quel, 1842), so called in allusion to the sterile from the same source.] One who kills a vic- IMG:content-0040.png:[blocks in formation] With that thy rare green eye, which never yet Beheld thing maculate , look on thy virgin! Patches of vividly red Poppies, with fine black macula- tions , like eyes, edged with white. Amer . Nat . , XXII. 642. The maculation is normally noctuid ous, and the wings are ample. Science, IV. 44. μακρός, large, + ζαμία , lo .] A genus of gym-Mac Mactra (mak'trä), n. [NL., μάκτρα , α no sperms belonging to the natural order Cyca- daceæ, the tribe Encephalarteæ , and the sub- tribe Euencephalarteæ , characterized by the fe- male cones having hard peltate scales, usually produced into an erect acuminate blade. They are low forms, with an erect ovoid or cylindrical trunk, covered by the persistent bases of the petioles, living in swampy places near the sea, and have pinnate leaves resem- bling the fronds of tree-ferns, occasionally twisted in some all kneading-trough, μακ ), knead: see macerate.] The typical genus of the family Mac- 3. A staining; defilement; smirching. IMG:content-0041.png:[blocks in formation] tridae . Upward of 100 species are described, of world-wide distribution. M. (or Spisula ) solid is sima is a large species with a thick heavy shell, five or six inches long, abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States on sandy beaches. It is known as the surf - clam , sea - clam , and hen clam , and is used for soups and chowders. Mac trace a (mak-trā'sē-ä), n . pl . [NL., Mac- tra + -ace a .] 1. A family of acephalous or bi- valve mollusks, comprising the genera Mactra , Iutraria , Cra a tell a , Erycina , Ungulina , Sole- mya , and Amphidesma , and scattered in several different families. Lamarck , 1809.- 2. Now a For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there's no maculation in thy heart. macula tory (mak'u-la-to-ri), a . [ maculate + -ory.] Defiling; staining. The lutulent, spumy, macula tory waters of sin. II. n. A member of the family Mactrida . mac trace ous (mak-tra's hi us), a . [ Mactra + -aceous.] Having the characters of the Mac- trida ; mactroid. Mactridæ (mak'tri-dē), n. pl . [NL., Mactra + -ida .] A family of siphonate bivalve mol- lusks, typified by the genus Mactra ; the round-clams or trough-shells. shell is equivalve, trigo- nal, and sinupallial, and has generally close-fit- ting valves. The hinge is characteristic, that of the left valve having a V-shaped cardinal tooth closing into two diver- gent branches of the right valve's cardinal tooth. The mantle is open in front, and the long united siphonal tubes are fringed with ten- taculiform proce es. The foot is linguiform. The Mactri- dæ are mostly marine shells of wide distribution. They are also called Mactræidæ , Mactradæ , Mac trace a , and Mac- trin a . IMG:content-0042.png:[blocks in formation] ent developments of an earlier sense changed,' 'altered,' appearing in Goth. in the simple form), the form gemād being inmaideins, change, exchange.] 1. Disordered in intellect; demented; crazy; insane: said of persons. Their masters, not a little agreeued, gaue out a rumour that Mahomet was madde , and po ee ed of a Diuell. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 244. IMG:content-0043.png:[blocks in formation] Two children in two neighbour villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas. Tennyson, Circumstance. (c) Excited with immoderate curiosity, longing, admiration, or devotion; infatuated. He loved her; for indeed he was mad for her, and talked of Satan and of Limbo and of Furies. Shak ., All's Well, v. 3. 260. His other sister is as mad in Methodism as this in physic. Walpole , Letters, II. 20. O mad for the charge and the battle were we. Tennyson, Charge of the Heavy Brigade. 4. Proceeding from or indicating frenzy; prompted by infatuation or fury. It were a mad law that would subject reason to superior i tie of place. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xi. madder Flourishing London, the staple of wealth and madame . towne of the real me, is there no place so lewde as thy selfe? G. Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation (1593). AS. mathu , math a , a worm, maggot, = OS. matho = D. MLG. made = OHG. mado , MHG. G. made , a maggot, Goth. math a , a worm; perhaps, with mad a poll am (mad-a-pol'am), n. [So called from formative- thu , tha , from the root of maw an , Mad a poll am , a town in India.] A long cotton mow ('cut, gnaw'): see mow1. Cf. math , from, cloth, stouter than ordinary calico, and inter- the same verb. Hence ult. maddock and mawk1 . mediate in quality between calico and muslin. Cf. moth.] A maggot or grub. mad3t. An obsolete form of made2 , past par- ticiple of make1. Chaucer. Mad a gas can (mad-a-gas'kan), a. and n. [ of and near to the continent of Africa. Compare Malagasy. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Mada IMG:content-0044.png:[blocks in formation] Madagascar, the Comoros, and the widely-scattered Mascarene Islands constitute a fifth subregion, the most distinct and remarkable of all, and for this we may most reasonably use the name Madagascar i an. scar A. Newton, Encyc. Brit., III. 758. Madagascar manna. Same as dulcitol. madam (mad'am), n. [= D. madam (used ironically) ironically) = G. madam = Dan. madame = Sw. madam = Sp. Pg. madam a, F. ma = It. mia ), fem. of meus (acc. meum, > F. mon = It. mio ), my, ma'am. It is ful fair to been yclept madame , And goon to vigilyes al bifore, And have a mantel roialliche ybore. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 376. I was the mistre o' Pitfan, And madam o' Kincraigie. Gight's Lady (Child's Ballads, VIII. 286). Sly. What must I call her? Lord. Madam . Sly . Al'ce madam , or Joan madam ? Lord. Madam, and nothing else; so lords call ladies. Shak., T. of the S., Ind., 2. 111. That is Madam Lucy - my master's mistre 's maid. Sheridan, Rivals, i. 1. Tennyson, To the Queen. Take, Madam , this poor book of song. Fierce wants he sent, And mad disquietudes. Shelley , Pro me the us Unbound, ii. 4. Like mad, as if mad or crazy; in a reckle manner. A bear, enraged at the stinging of a bee, ran like mad (a) A title used to designate women under the rank of into the bee-garden, and overturned all the hives. Sir R. L'Estrange. Thence by coach, with a mad coachman, that drove like mad , and down byeways, through Bucklers bury home everybody through the street cursing him, being ready to run over them. Pepys , Diary, II. 6. Mad as a hatter. See hatter1. -Mad as a March hare. See harel.- Mad Parliament, a great council held at Oxford in 1258 in order to accommodate the differences which had arisen between the barons and the king, owing to the persistent evasion by the king of the obligations imposed on the sovereign by Magna Charta. It enacted the Provisions of Oxford, requiring the faithful observance by the king of the Great Charter, and providing for the a embling of Parliament three times a year, and regular control over the chief justiciar, chancellor, and other high officers. To go or run mad, to become violently distracted or demented. Syn. 1. Deranged, delirious, frenzied, raging.-3 ( a ). Exasperated.