My*thol"o*gi`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, mythologizes.
Imagination has always been, and still is, in a narrower sense, the
great mythologizer.
Lowell.
Myth"o*logue (?), n. [See Mythology.] A fabulous narrative; a myth.
[R.]
May we not . . . consider his history of the fall as an excellent
mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil?
Geddes.
My*thol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Mythologies (#). [F. mythologie, L.
mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech,
discourse.] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods
of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.
Myth"o*plasm (?), n. [Gr. my^qos myth + pla`ssein to form.] A narration
of mere fable.
Myth`o*pœ"ic (?), a. [Gr. myqopoio`s making myths; my^qos myth +
poiei^n to make.] Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical
narratives.
The mythopœic fertility of the Greeks.
Grote.
Myth`o*po*et"ic (?), a. [Gr. my^qos myth + &?; able to make, producing,
fr. poiei^n to make.] Making or producing myths or mythical tales.
Myt"i*loid (?), a. [Mytilus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to,
the genus Mytilus, or family Mytilidæ.
Myt`i*lo*tox"ine (?), n. [Mytilus + toxic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either
causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions,
including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood.
||Myt"i*lus (?), n. [L., a sea mussel, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under
||Byssus.
||Myx"a (?), n. [L., a lamp nozzle, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) The distal end of
||the mandibles of a bird.
Myx"ine (?), n. (Zoöl.) A genus of marsipobranchs, including the
hagfish. See Hag, 4.
Myx"i*noid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Myxine. --
n. A hagfish.
||Myx`o*cys*to"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; mucus + &?; a
||bladder.] (Zoöl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca.
||See Noctiluca.
||Myx*o"ma (?), n.; pl. Myxomata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; mucus + - oma.]
||(Med.) A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found
||in the umbilical cord.
Myx"o*pod (?), n. [Gr. &?; mucus, slime + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A rhizopod or
moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.
||My*zon"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to suck.] (Zoöl.) The
||Marsipobranchiata.
||My`zo*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma,
||-atos, mouth.] (Zoöl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on
||crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers
||and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
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