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The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn. Michaelmas daisy. (Bot.) See under Daisy.

A genus of large eels of the family Mirænidæ. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muræna Helenæ) of Southern Europe was the muræna of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

Like or pertaining to the genus Muræna, or family Murænidæ.

A red-colored respiratory pigment found associated with hemoglobin in the muscle tissue of a large number of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate.

See Nenia.

A nævus. [Obs.] Dryden.

Resembling a nævus or nævi; as, nævoid elephantiasis. Dunglison.

Spotted; frecled.

A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.

Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.

Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.

The back or upper surface, as of a bird.

Trifles; jests.

A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

See Octahedral.

A fast of eight days before a great festival. Shipley.

jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. [Written also Odontholcae, and Odontoholcae.]

An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.

A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.