Syn. -- See Harmony.
||Mel"o*e (?), [ NL., fr. Gr. &?; to probe a wound.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles.
||These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising
||blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil.
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Mel"o*graph (ml"*grf), n. [Gr. me`los a song + -graph : cf. F.
mélographe.] Same as Melodiograph.
Mel`o*lon*thid"i*an (?), n. [Gr. &?; the cockchafer.] (Zoöl.) A beetle
of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May.
Mel"on (ml"n), n. [F., fr. L. melo, for melopepo an apple-shaped melon,
Gr. &?; ; mh^lon apple + &?; a species of large melon; cf. L. malum
apple. Cf. Marmalade.]
1. (Bot.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the
muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces
the fruit.
2. (Zoöl.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus
Melo.
Melon beetle (Zoöl.), a small leaf beetle (Diabrotiea vittata), which
damages the leaves of melon vines. -- Melon cactus, Melon thistle. (a)
(Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants (Melocactus) having a fleshy and
usually globose stem with the surface divided into spiny longitudinal
ridges, and bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which the
small pink flowers are half concealed. M. communis, from the West
Indies, is often cultivated, and sometimes called Turk's cap. (b) The
related genus Mamillaria, in which the stem is tubercled rather than
ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus.
Mel`o*pi*a"no (?), n. [Gr. me`los song + E. piano.] A piano having a
mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at
will.
Mel`o*plas"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the
artificial formation of a new cheek.
Mel"o*plas`ty (ml"*pls`t), n. [Gr. mh^lon an apple, a cheek + - plasty:
cf. F. méloplastie.] (Surg.) The process of restoring a cheek which has
been destroyed wholly or in part.
||Mel`o*pœ"ia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; me`los song + poiei^n to
||make.] (Mus.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used
||for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.
Mel"o*type (?), n. (Photog.) A picture produced by a process in which
development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to
permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself.
Mel*pom"e*ne (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, lit., the songstress, fr. &?;,
&?;, to sing.]