myxos to mum, myzostomum, myzostoma

[Greek myxa =slime, and stoma =the mouth.] Zool.: A genus of parasites infesting the Comatule. [MY zOS TO ME.] myx-ŭs, s. [Gr. myra =mucus, slime.] Ichthy.: A genus of Mugilide, differing only from the typical genus in having the teeth more distinct. my-zom-ě-lą, s. [Gr. myxō -to suck, and mel i = honey.] Ornith.: The typical genus of the sub-family Myzomeline. my-zō-mě-li-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. myzomel(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: Honey-creepers; a sub-family of Meli phagide (Honey-eaters). ( Dallas.) my-zo-stōme, s. [MYxOS TO MUM.] Zool .: Any individual of the genus Myxos to mum. THE fourteenth letter and the eleventh consonant in the English alphabet. It is a dental nasal, and is formed by placing the tip of the tongue against or close to the root of the upper teeth, and emitting a voiced sound through the nose. Its ordinary sound is that heard in not , ton , done, ., but before gutturals, as gor k , it has a guttural nasal sound, almost equivalent to ng , as in sink , link , fin ger, sing , song , . When, however, the gutturals belong to a different syllable the n generally retains its ordinary sound, as in congratulate , engage , engine, . N final afterm is silent, as in autumn, sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. N hymn, condemn, . When preceded by g , k , m , and pat the begin ing of a word, the n alone is sounded, as in gnaw , know , mnemonics , pneumatic , . Sis always sounded before initial n , as in snow . At the end of a word or syllable n may be followed by d , t, k (with git forms a single sound, as stated above), s, sh, z, or their equivalents, all of which are sounded distinctly. In the oldest English n was lost before f , th , and s, the vowel being lengthened in consequence, as goose (= gons ), Ger.gans [GANDER], tooth (= tonth ), Goth. tunthus . From many adverbs and prepositions n has disappeared, as beside A.S. bisidan ; before =A. S. be for an ; within = A.S.with inn an . It has also been lost in other words, as ell =A.S. eln ; eve = A.S. æfen; eleven = A.S.endleof ; mill = A. S. mylen ( miln ). Nis found intrusive in several words, as in nightingale =A. S. nichtegale ; me enger = Mid. Eng. me ager (O. Fr. me agier ); pa enger =Mid. Eng. pa ager (O. Fr. pas sagier ); scavenger , originally scavager . A final n has been added in a few cases, as bittern =Mid. Eng. butore , Fr.but or; marten Mid. As a final, n has in many cases been strengthened by dort, as in tyrant , sound, thunder , . N has been replaced by m in smack = A.S.snace (boat); hemp A. S. hanep; tempt= Fr._tenter ; vellum =Fr. velin; comfort=0. Fr.confort , Lat. con for to , . It has become l in flannel , formerly flannen . An initial n is in several cases found prefixed to a word which properly begins with a vowel; this is probably due to the final n of mine ( min ) or an : thus an ewt, an ekename, mine unole , became respectively, a newt , a nickname, my nuncle. On the other hand an initial w has in many cases been dropped from the word, and become attached to the article a preceding: as, an adder , an apron , an auger , an umpire, an orange, for a nadder, a napron, a nauger , a numpire , a no range , . N. As a symbol is used : 2806 *nā-bob-běr-ý, s. [English nabob ; -ery.] The cla of nabobs. "He reminds me of a nabob. Nabobbery itself."-Savage: R. Medlicott, bk. ii., ch. x. *nā-bob-ě , s . [Eng. nabob ; -e .) A female nabob; the wife of a nabob. "There are few nabobs and nabobe es in this country." -Walpole : Letters , iii. 375. năc-a-răt, 8. [Fr., from Sp. nacarada , from nacar =mother-of-pearl.] [NACRE.] 1. A pale red color with an orange tint. 2. Fine linen or crape dyed of a pale red color. nach-laut (ch guttural, au as ow), 8. [Ger.= after-sound: nach after, and laut = sound.] Philol. The second element in a diphthong, or in a diphthongal sound, as in that which a often has. nacht-horn (ch guttural), s . [German-night horn.] Music: An organ stop consisting of stopped wood Nahum næ'-vŭs ( pl. næ-vi), s. [Lat.=a spot.] Physiol.: A vascular tumor of connective ti ue, containing blood in its sponge-like meshes. Nævi are occasionally malignant-e.g., as in the orbital region; but are found mostly in the adipose ti ue. nævus-maternus, s . Physiol.: A mother's mark; a mark on the skin from birth, the effect, as is said, of the mother's longing for or aversion to particular objects, or of some accidental occurrence affecting her own person during pregnancy.