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Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May.

See Mendinant. [Obs.]

to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course. "Meridian hour." Milton. Tables ... to find the altitude meridian. Chaucer.

A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.

The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G.

Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n.

Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycoridæ or allied families.

A nomad. [R.]

Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to Ant: solifidian. Feltham.

Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa. Numidian crane. (Zoöl.) See Demoiselle, 2.

A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.

One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.

One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.

Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidæ. The larvæ of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.

Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century.

Pericardiac.