Part 6933

<h1>Megacephalic, Megacephalous</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw><hw>Meg`a*ce*phal"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Meg`a*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> Gr. <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.</def>

<h1>Megaceros</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*gac"e*ros</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>me`gas</grk> great + horn.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>The Irish elk.</def>

<h1>Megachile</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*chile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + Gr. <?/ lip.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A leaf-cutting bee of the genus <spn>Megachilus</spn>. See <cref>Leaf cutter</cref>, under <er>Leaf</er>.</def>

<h1>Megacosm</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*cosm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + Gr. <?/ world.]</ety> <def>See <er>Macrocosm</er>.</def>

<i>Croft.</i>

<h1>Megacoulomb</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg`a*cou`lomb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + <ets>coulomb</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A million coulombs.</def>

<h1>Megaderm</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*derm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + Gr. <?/ skin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats of the genus <spn>Megaderma</spn>.</def>

<h1>Megadyne</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*dyne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + <ets>dyne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes.</def>

<h1>Megafarad</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*far`ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + <ets>farad</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.</def>

<h1>Megalerg</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*lerg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Megalo-</ets> + <ets>erg</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A million ergs; a megerg.</def>

<h1>Megalesian</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg`a*le"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Megalesius</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>Mega`lh</grk> the Great, a surname of Cybele, the Magna Mater.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; <as>as, the <ex>Megalesian</ex> games at Rome</as>.</def>

<h1>Megalethoscope</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg`a*leth"o*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + <ets>alethoscope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.</def>

<h1>Megalith</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*lith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mega-</ets> + <ets>-lith</ets>; cf. F. <ets>m\'82galithe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient building.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Meg`a*lith"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Megalo-</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meg"a*lo-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Meg-</er>.</def>

<h1>Megalocyte</h1> <Xpage=909>