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A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.

Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).

A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.

A macadamized road.

The process or act of macadamizing.

To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

A macaw.

Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant] Whately.

Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.

Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.

A finical fellow, or macaroni. [Obs.]

A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.

of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.

A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.

Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.

Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.