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ture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvæ and pupæ, called wigglers, are aquatic. [Written also musquito.] Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds…

small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.

ich moves, excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many things conjunctively. J. Edwards.

motor, esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor forms an integral part of many machine tools in numerous modern machine shops.

Many in number. [Archaic] Edom came out against him with much people. Num. xx. 20.

Having many angles. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ly, adv. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

Many-minded; many-sided. The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell.

Having many articulations or joints.

A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.

Having many, or several, capsules.

Many-keeled.

Having many cavities.

Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell. Multicental development (Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous.…

Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray.

Having many, or several, colors.

Having many cusps or points.

Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Having many faces.