Part 6727

<hw>Mac"ro*pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Macropod</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.</def>

<h1>Macropyramid</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Macro-</ets> + <ets>pyramid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>See <er>Macroprism</er>.</def>

<h1>Macroscopic, Macroscopical</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw><hw>Mac`ro*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mac`ro*scop"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Macro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to view.]</ety> <def>Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to <i>microscopic</i>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Macrosporangium</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Macro-</er>, and <er>Sporangium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to <i>microsporangium</i>. Both are found in the genera <spn>Selaginella</spn>, <spn>Isoctes</spn>, and <spn>Marsilia</spn>, plants remotely allied to ferns.</def>

<h1>Macrospore</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mac"ro*spore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Macro-</ets> + <ets>spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as <spn>Selaginella</spn>, etc.</def>

<h1>Macrosporic</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mac`ro*spor"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to macrospores.</def>

<h1>Macrotone</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mac"ro*tone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ stretched out. See <er>Macro-</er>, and <er>Tone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Pron.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Macron</er>.</def>

<h1>Macrotous</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*cro"tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Macro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>o"y^s</grk>, gen. <grk>'wto`s</grk>, the ear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Large-eared.</def>

<mhw><h1>Macroura, n. pl., Macroural</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*crou"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>, <hw>Ma*crou"ral</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, etc.</mhw> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Macrura</er>, <er>Macrural</er>, etc.</def>

<h1>Macrozo\'94spore</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mac`ro*zo"\'94*spore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Macro-</ets> + <ets>zo\'94spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green alg\'91.</def>

<h1>Macrura</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*cru"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ long + <?/ tail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. <er>Decapoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Macrural</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*cru"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Macrurous</er>.</def>

<h1>Macruran</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*cru"ran</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Macrura.</def>

<h1>Macruroid</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*cru"roid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Macrura</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the Macrura.</def>

<h1>Macrurous</h1> <Xpage=880>