English Dictionary: marabout | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marabout \Marabout"\, n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. mor[be]bit. Cf. {Maravedi}.] A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally. | |
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Maravedi \Mar`a*ve"di\, n. [Sp. maraved[a1]; -- so called from the Mor[be]bit[c6]n (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Cf. {Marabout}.] (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin. | |
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Mariput \Mar"i*put\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of civet; the zoril. | |
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Zorilla \Zo*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.] (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus {Ictonyx} allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written also {zoril}, and {zorille}.] Note: The best-known species ({Ictonyx zorilla}) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also {mariput}, {Cape polecat}, and {African polecat}. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk. | |
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Mariput \Mar"i*put\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of civet; the zoril. | |
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Zorilla \Zo*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.] (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus {Ictonyx} allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written also {zoril}, and {zorille}.] Note: The best-known species ({Ictonyx zorilla}) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also {mariput}, {Cape polecat}, and {African polecat}. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk. | |
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Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, n. A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also {marrowfat}. [Obs.] | |
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Marrowfat \Mar"row*fat\, n. A rich but late variety of pea. | |
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Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, n. A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also {marrowfat}. [Obs.] | |
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Marrowfat \Mar"row*fat\, n. A rich but late variety of pea. | |
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Mary-bud \Ma"ry-bud`\, n. (Bot.) The marigold; a blossom of the marigold. --Shak. | |
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Meropidan \Me*rop"i*dan\, n. [L. merops a bee-eating bird, Gr. me`rops.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a family of birds ({Meropid[91]}), including the bee-eaters. | |
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Meropidan \Me*rop"i*dan\, n. [L. merops a bee-eating bird, Gr. me`rops.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a family of birds ({Meropid[91]}), including the bee-eaters. | |
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Meropodite \Me*rop"o*dite\, n. [Gr. [?] thigh + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea. | |
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Morbid \Mor"bid\, a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See {Mortal}.] 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. [bd]Her sick and morbid heart.[b8] --Hawthorne. 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. Syn: Diseased; sickly; sick. Usage: {Morbid}, {Diseased}. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc. | |
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Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Pathologies} (-j[icr]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie.] (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external, or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are {nosology}, {[91]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases. {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function of the body. --Virchow. | |
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Morbidity \Mor*bid"i*ty\, n. 1. The quality or state of being morbid. 2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. --C. Kingsley. 3. Amount of disease; sick rate. | |
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Morbidly \Mor"bid*ly\, adv. In a morbid manner. | |
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Morbidness \Mor"bid*ness\, n. The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity. | |
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Morphotic \Mor*phot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] fit for forming.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or tissue, proteids. --Foster. | |
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Myriapod \Myr"i*a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. myriapode.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Myriapoda. |