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at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.

A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidæ), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.

The science of loxodromics. [R.]

A child's name for mamma, mother.

the three classes into which the fungi are divided in Brefeld's classification. -- Mes`o*my*ce"tous (#), a.

A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.

Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.

The art or process of coloring metals.

A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

Measurement of time by an instrument.

The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Cæsarean section.

An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development.

The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on with the microtome.

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Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.

age; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.

An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.

Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n.

The laws of organic formation.