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   marabout
         n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
               downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
               {marabou}, {marabout}, {marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus
               crumeniferus}]

English Dictionary: more often than not by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marrowfat pea
n
  1. a variety of large pea that is commonly processed and sold in cans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Meropidae
n
  1. bee-eaters
    Synonym(s): Meropidae, family Meropidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morbid
adj
  1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"
  2. suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
    Synonym(s): ghoulish, morbid
  3. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
    Synonym(s): diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morbidity
n
  1. the relative incidence of a particular disease
  2. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity"
    Synonym(s): morbidity, morbidness
  3. the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
    Synonym(s): unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
    Antonym(s): wholesomeness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morbidly
adv
  1. in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree; "he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morbidness
n
  1. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity"
    Synonym(s): morbidity, morbidness
  2. the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
    Synonym(s): unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
    Antonym(s): wholesomeness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
more often than not
adv
  1. usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
    Synonym(s): by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myriapod
n
  1. general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Myriapoda
n
  1. arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
    Synonym(s): Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mariput \Mar"i*put\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of civet; the zoril.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mariput \Mar"i*put\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of civet; the zoril.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, n.
      A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also
      {marrowfat}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marrowfat \Mar"row*fat\, n.
      A rich but late variety of pea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, n.
      A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also
      {marrowfat}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marrowfat \Mar"row*fat\, n.
      A rich but late variety of pea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mary-bud \Ma"ry-bud`\, n. (Bot.)
      The marigold; a blossom of the marigold. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meropodite \Me*rop"o*dite\, n. [Gr. [?] thigh + [?], [?], foot.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morbidly \Mor"bid*ly\, adv.
      In a morbid manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morbidness \Mor"bid*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myriapod \Myr"i*a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. myriapode.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Myriapoda.
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