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s fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.

everal species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also muntjak.]

Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.

under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.

One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.

Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra.

gment found associated with hemoglobin in the muscle tissue of a large number of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate.

A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.

An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate.

Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.

Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus.

Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelæ of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal. -- n.

duce to the necessity of; to force; to compel. The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. Clarendon.

Not either; not the one or the other. Which of them shall I take Both one or neither Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak.

More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.

bers of which nerves are made up. These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated. in both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous the whole length of the fiber. -- Nerve stretching (Med.), the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedy diseases such as teta…

Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.

Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.