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noun
- A fly larva that eats decompose, decomposing flesh.
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(obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.
- Mr. Beveridge's Maggot, an old country dance http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4199.htm.
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| mantis |
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noun (plural:mantises or mantes)
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Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
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| March fly |
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noun
- A dark hairy fly of the family Bibionidae.
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(Australian English) A bloodsucking tabanid horsefly.
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1988: There were other, less pleasant forms of life, too; March flies with a spike-like proboscis I thought would have no trouble going through a pine board. " Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked (Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 237)
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| margin |
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noun
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(context, Printing): the edge of the paper that remains blank
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(context, Finance): the yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits, as a margin of error
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| mayfly |
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noun (mayflies)
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any of many fragile insects, of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water, and live very briefly as adults.
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| mealybug |
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noun
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Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
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| meconium |
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noun
- A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first faeces of the newborn
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| medfly |
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noun (medflies)
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A small fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, native to the Mediterranean.
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| media |
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noun (plural:mediae)
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(anatomy) the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. (tunica media, between the tunica interna and tunica externa).
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| medial |
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adjective
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Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean
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medial alligation
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(anatomy) pertaining to the inside (the part facing the body); for example, the medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
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| metamorphic |
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noun
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(mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
adjective-
(geology) Having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat &/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
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| midge |
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noun
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Any of various small two-winged fly, flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
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| milkweed bug |
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noun
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an insect, of the order Hemiptera, that mostly feeds on the seeds and tissue of the milkweed plant (Asclepias).
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| Miller |
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proper noun
- an English and Scottish occupational surname for a miller
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| millipede |
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noun
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Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
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| miner |
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noun
- a person who works in a mine.
- an operator of mine, mines and other explosives in an army.
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| mole cricket |
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noun
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Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
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| monarch |
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noun
- The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
Quotations
- 1598: Never was monarch better fear, fear'd and love, lov'd Than is your Majesty. " w:William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.
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A migratory butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found in North America. See w:en:Monarch butterfly.
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| Mormon cricket |
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noun
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a large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops
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| moth |
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noun
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usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterfly, butterflies by feather-like antennae.
verb
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(intransitive) To hunt for moths.
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| mourning cloak |
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noun
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(obsolete) A dark cloak worn by a mourner at a funeral.
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A large butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, native to Eurasia and North America
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| myrmecology |
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noun
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(zoology): The study of ants.
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