Mid, n. Middle. [Obs.]

About the mid of night come to my tent.

Shak.

Mid, prep. See Amid.

Mi"da (?), n. [Gr. &?; a destructive insect in pulse.] (Zoöl.) The

larva of the bean fly.

Mi"das (?), n. [So called from L. Midas, a man fabled to have had ass's

ears.] (Zoöl.) A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including

numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset.

Mi"das's ear" (?). [See Midas.] (Zoöl.) A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula,

or Ellobium, aurismidæ); -- so called from resemblance to a human ear.

Mid"brain` (?), n. [Mid, a. + brain.] (Anat.) The middle segment of the

brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

Mid"day` (?), n. [AS. middæg. See Mid, a., and Day.] The middle part of

the day; noon.

Mid"day`, a. Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.

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