Technically called the "pallium."
MANUS (Lat. the hand). The hand of the higher Vertebrates.
MARSIPOBRANCHII (Gr. _marsipos_, a pouch; _bragchia_, gill).
The order of Fishes comprising the Hag-fishes and Lampreys, with
pouch-like gills.
MARSUPIALIA (Lat. _marsupium_, a pouch). An order of Mammals in
which the females mostly have an abdominal pouch in which the
young are carried.
MASTODON (Gr. _mastos_, nipple; _odous_, tooth). An extinct genus
of Elephantine Mammals.
MEGALONYX (Gr. _megas_, great; _onux_, nail). An extinct genus
of Edentate Mammals.
MEGALOSAURUS (Gr. _megas_, great; _saura_, lizard). A genus of
Deinosaurian Reptiles.
MEGATHERIUM (Gr. _megas_, great; _therion_, beast). An extinct
genus of Edentata.
MESOZOIC (Gr. _mesos_, middle; and _zoe_, life). The Secondary
period in Geology.
MICROLESTES (Gr. _mikros_, little; _lestes_, thief). An extinct
genus of Triassic Mammals.
MILLEPORA (Lat. _mille_, one thousand; _porus_, a pore). A genus
of "Tabulate Corals."
MIOCENE (Gr. _meion_, less; _kainol_, new). The Middle Tertiary
period.
MOLARS (Lat. _mola_, a mill). The "grinders" in man, or the teeth
in diphyodont Mammals which are not preceded by milk-teeth.
MOLLUSCA (Lat. _mollis_, soft). The sub-kingdom which includes
the Shell-fish proper, the _Polyzoa_, the _Tunicata_, and the
Lamp-shells; so called from the generally soft nature of their
bodies.
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