Madoqua
‖Ma″do‐qua (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Madrague
‖Ma′drague″ (?), n. A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.
Madras
Ma‐dras″ (?), n. [So named after Madras, a city and presidency of India.] A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for tur...
Madreperl
Ma″dre‐perl (?), n. [It. madreperla.] Mother-of-pearl.
Madrepora
‖Mad′re‐po″ra (măd′rē̍‐pō″rȧ), n. [NL. See Madrepore.] (Zoöl.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which ar...
Madreporaria
‖Mad′re‐po‐ra″ri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Madrepore.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa. ...
Madrepore
Mad″re‐pore (?), n. [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madré spotted, fr. OF. madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck,...
Madreporian
{ Mad′re‐po″ri‐an (?), Mad′re‐po″ric (?), } a.(Zoöl.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.Madreporic plate(Zoöl.), a perforated plate in echinoderms, through which...
Madreporiform
Mad′re‐po″ri‐form (?), a. [Madrepore + -form.] (Zoöl.) Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.
Madreporite
Mad″re‐po‐rite (?), n. [Cf. F. madréporite] 1. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.2. (Zoöl.) The madreporic plate of echinoderms.
Madrier
Ma‐drier″ (?), n. [F., from Sp. madero, or Pg. madeiro, fr. Sp. madera wood for building, timber, Pg. madeira, L. materia stuff, materials, lumber. See Matter.] A thick plank, u...
Madrigal
Mad″ri‐gal (măd″rĭ‐gal), n. [It. madrigale, OIt. madriale, mandriale (cf. LL. matriale); of uncertain origin, possibly fr. It mandra flock, L. mandra stall, herd of cattle, Gr. ...
Madrigaler
Mad″ri‐gal‐er (?), n. A madrigalist.
Madrigalist
Mad″ri‐gal‐ist, n. A composer of madrigals.
Madrilenian
Mad′ri‐le″ni‐an (?), a. [Sp. Madrileño.] Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants. — n. A native or inhabitant of Madrid.
Madrina
‖Ma‐dri″na (?), n. An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
Madroña
Ma‐dro″ña (?), n. [Sp. madroño.] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, w...
Madwort
Mad″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant ...
Mægbote
{ Mæg″bote′, Mag″bote′ } (?), n. [AS. mǣg kinsman + bōt compensation.] (Anglo-Saxon Law) Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman. Spelman.
Maelstrom
Mael″strom (?), n. 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.2. Also Fig.; as, a maelstrom of vice.
Mænad
‖Mæ″nad (?), n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. �, �, fr. � to rave.] 1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.2. A frantic or frenzied woman.
Maestoso
‖Ma′es‐to″so (?), a. & adv.(Mus.) Majestic or majestically; — a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
Maestricht monitor
Maes″tricht mon″i‐tor (?). [So called from Maestricht, a town in Holland.] (Paleon.) The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.
Maestro
‖Ma‐es″tro (?), n. [It., fr. L. magister. See Master.] A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.
Maffia
{ ‖Maf″fi‐a (?), ‖Ma″fi‐a (?) }, n. [It. maffia.] A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to fu...
Maffioso
{ ‖Maf′fi‐o″so (?), ‖Ma′fi‐o″so (?) }, n.; pl. -si (#). [It. maffioso.] A member of the maffia.
Maffle
Maf″fle (?), v. i. [Akin to OD. maffelen to stammer. Cf. Muffle to mumble.] To stammer.