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A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.

nd from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.

Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.

rodents of the genera Spalax, Georychus, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary. -- Mole shrew (Zoöl.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp. B. brevicauda. -- Water mole, the duck mole.…

orridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

. Dana, Jr. -- Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray. -- Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. -- Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors. -- Monkey rail (N…

e pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

Having one the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.

A publication which appears regularly once a month.

A mottled appearance.

ank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. Dryden. Mound bird. (Zoöl.) Same as Mound maker (below). -- Mound builders (Ethnol.), the tribe,…

Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.

Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.

, a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. -- Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.

Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. A plastic and multiform unit. Hare.

The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.

t, under Collective. -- Multiple star (Astron.), several stars in close proximity, which appear to form a single system.

Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.