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Mosslike; resembling moss.

Mossiness. Jonhson.

A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.

The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).

See Mosquito.

The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).

See Moslem.

See Mosquito.

A Mohammedan; a Moslem.

In the manner of Moslems.

Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also mostahiba.] MaElrath.

of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature. Things of the most accidental and mutable nature. South.

the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

mon (Salmo mykiss, syn. S. purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout.

which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See M.

A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.

e ten thousand pounds on the nail." Beaconsfield. -- To hit the nail on the head, to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.

Any plant of the genus Tropæolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropæolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor…

The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. -- Navicular disease (Far…