||Ma*clu"re*a (?), n. [NL. Named from William Maclure, the geologist.]
||(Paleon.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size,
||characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.
Ma*clu"rin (?), n. (Chem.) See Morintannic.
Mac"ra*me lace" (?). A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in
decorating furniture.
{ Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic (?), Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous (?), } a. [Macro +
encephalic, encephalous.] Having a large brain.
Mac"ro- (?). [Gr. makro`s, adj.] A combining form signifying long,
large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.
Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; long- lived; makro`s long + &?; life:
cf. F. macrobiotique.] Long-lived. Dunglison.
Mac`ro*bi*ot"ics (?), n. (Physiol.) The art of prolonging life.
Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head.] 1. Having a
large head.
2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent,
and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow.
Mac`ro-chem"is*try (?), n. [Macro- + chemistry.] (Chem.) The science
which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of
substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry.
||Mac`ro*chi"res (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. makro`s long + &?; hand.]
||(Zoöl.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds.
||So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.
Mac"ro*cosm (?), n. [Macro- + Gr. &?; the world: cf. F. macrocosme.]
The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; --
contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.
Mac`ro*cos"mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. Tylor.
||Mac`ro*cys"tis (?), n. [NL. See Macro-, and Cyst.] (Bot.) An
||immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis
||pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.
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Mac`ro*dac"tyl (mk`r*dk"tl), n. [Gr. makroda`ktylos long-fingered;
makro`s long + da`ktylos finger: cf. F. macrodactyle.] (Zoöl.) One of a
group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. [Written
also macrodactyle.]
{ Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic (?), Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Having
long toes.
Mac`ro*di*ag"o*nal (?), n. [Macro- + diagonal.] (Crystallog.) The
longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.
Mac"ro*dome (?), n. [Macro- + dome.] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to
the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.
Mac"ro*dont, a. [Macro- + Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Zoöl.)
Having large teeth. -- n. A macrodont animal.