Part 6978

<h1>Meropidan</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Me*rop"i*dan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>merops</ets> a bee-eating bird, Gr. <grk>me`rops</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a family of birds (<spn>Meropid\'91</spn>), including the bee-eaters.</def>

<h1>Meropodite</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Me*rop"o*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thigh + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.</def>

<h1>Merorganization</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer*or`gan*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ part + E. <ets>organization</ets>.]</ety> <def>Organization in part.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Meros</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Me"ros</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ part.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>merus</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Meros</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Me"ros</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the thigh.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.</def>

<h1>Merosome</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"o*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ part + <ets>-some</ets> body.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.</def>

<h1>Merostomata</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer`o*stom"a*ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thigh + <?/, -<?/, mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See <er>Limulus</er>.</def>

<h1>M\'82rou</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>M\'82`rou"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Jack</er>, 8 <sd>(c)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Merovingian</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer`o*vin"gi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Merovaeus</ets>, the Latin name of a king of the Franks.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the kings of this dynasty.</def></def2>

<h1>Merrily</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Merry</er>.]</ety> <def>In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See <er>Mirth</er>, and <er>Merry</er>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Merrily</b> sing, and sport, and play. <i>Granville.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Merrimake</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"ri*make`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Merrymake</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Merrimake</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"ri*make`</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Merrymake</er>, <tt>v.</tt></def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<h1>Merriment</h1> <Xpage=914>