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See Molossus.

Molasses. [Obs.]

A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.

A foot of three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]

See Matross. [Obs.]

A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.

Overgrown with moss.

is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. [Political Slang, U.S.]

The menhaded.

The state of being mossy.

nfested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.

Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams. Old trees are more mossy far than young. Bacon.

The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.

The study of young birds.

Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.

Too gross.

Having a thick tongue; --applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossæ), including the iguanas and agamas.

One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.

Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.