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Musci
(gcide) | Musci \Mus"ci\, n. pl. [L. muscus moss.] (Bot.)
An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See
Moss, and Cryptogamia.
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musci
(wn) | Musci
n 1: true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid
gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales;
Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales [syn: Bryopsida, {class
Bryopsida}, Musci, class Musci] |
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class musci
(encz) | class Musci, n: |
Dionaea muscipula
(gcide) | flytrap \fly"trap\ (fl[imac]"tr[a^]p), n.
1. A trap for catching flies.
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2. (Bot.) A plant (Dion[ae]a muscipula), called also
Venus's flytrap, having two-lobed leaves which are
fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when
certain sensitive hairs on their upper surface are
touched, thus trapping insects that light on them. The
insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion
from the upper surface of the leaves. The plant is native
to North and South Carolina, growing in bogs.
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Muscicapa grisola
(gcide) | Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects,
which they take on the wing.
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Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and
belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted
flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American
flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and
belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird,
pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and
the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus
rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of
the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called
flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania
Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata).
See Tyrant flycatcher.
[1913 Webster]Beambird \Beam"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), so called
because it often nests on a beam in a building.
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Muscicapidae
(gcide) | Muscicapidae \Muscicapidae\ prop. n.
A natural family of Old World (true) flycatchers.
Syn: family Muscicapidae.
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Muscicapine
(gcide) | Muscicapine \Mus*cic"a*pine\, a. [L. musca a fly + capere to
catch.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of birds
that includes the true flycatchers.
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Muscid
(gcide) | Muscid \Mus"cid\, n.
Any fly of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.
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Muscidae
(gcide) | Muscidae \Muscidae\ prop. n.
A natural family of two-winged flies esp. the housefly.
Syn: family Muscidae.
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Musciform
(gcide) | Musciform \Mus"ci*form\, a. [Musca + -form.] (Zool.)
Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca,
or family Muscidae.
[1913 Webster]Musciform \Mus"ci*form\, a. [Muscus + -form.] (Bot.)
Having the appearance or form of a moss.
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Muscivora-forficata
(gcide) | Muscivora-forficata \Muscivora-forficata\ n.
A gray flycatcher of Southwestern U. S. and Mexico and
Central America having a long forked tail and white breast
and salmon and scarlet markings; the scissortailed
flycatcher.
Syn: scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher.
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Ophrys muscifera
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. Flies (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS.
fl[=y]ge, fle['o]ge, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg,
OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root]
84. See Fly, v. i.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings;
as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
(b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly;
black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
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2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
"The fur-wrought fly." --Gay.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
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A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
Jonson.
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4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
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6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
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7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
wind blows.
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8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
marked; the compass card. --Totten.
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9. (Mech.)
(a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
striking part of a clock.
(b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
press. See Fly wheel (below).
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10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
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11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
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12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
jerk. --Knight.
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13.
(a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
the press.
(b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
to a power printing press for doing the same work.
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14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
of the tent at no other place.
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15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
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16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
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17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called
fly ball. "a fly deep into right field"
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18. (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
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Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under
Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom
(Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in
sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block
(Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing
Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for
anglers' flies. --Kingsley.Fly cap, a cap with wings,
formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a
reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
rotates backward and forward. --Knight.Fly fishing, the
act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
flies; fishing using a fly[2] as bait. --Walton. -- --
Fly fisherman, one who fishes using natural or artificial
flies[2] as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in
that manner. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing
flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the
speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant
of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem
and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and {L.
Xylosteum}. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an
artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the
beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
Fly net, a screen to exclude insects.
Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
nut.
Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose
flowers resemble flies.
Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
feed upon or are entangled by it.
Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
leaf of a table.
Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
Fly snapper (Zool.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.
On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
batted ball caught before touching the ground..
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Promuscis
(gcide) | Promuscis \Pro*mus"cis\, n. [L., corruption of proboscis.]
(Zool.)
The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under
Hemiptera.
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amianthum muscitoxicum
(wn) | Amianthum muscitoxicum
n 1: all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used
as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily
Melanthiaceae [syn: fly poison, {Amianthum
muscaetoxicum}, Amianthum muscitoxicum] |
class musci
(wn) | class Musci
n 1: true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid
gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales;
Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales [syn: Bryopsida, {class
Bryopsida}, Musci, class Musci] |
dionaea muscipula
(wn) | Dionaea muscipula
n 1: carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having
sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close
and entrap insects [syn: Venus's flytrap, {Venus's
flytraps}, Dionaea muscipula] |
family muscicapidae
(wn) | family Muscicapidae
n 1: Old World (true) flycatchers [syn: Muscicapidae, {family
Muscicapidae}] |
family muscidae
(wn) | family Muscidae
n 1: two-winged flies especially the housefly [syn: Muscidae,
family Muscidae] |
genus muscicapa
(wn) | genus Muscicapa
n 1: type genus of the Muscicapidae [syn: Muscicapa, {genus
Muscicapa}] |
genus muscivora
(wn) | genus Muscivora
n 1: a genus of Tyrannidae [syn: Muscivora, genus Muscivora] |
musci
(wn) | Musci
n 1: true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid
gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales;
Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales [syn: Bryopsida, {class
Bryopsida}, Musci, class Musci] |
muscicapa
(wn) | Muscicapa
n 1: type genus of the Muscicapidae [syn: Muscicapa, {genus
Muscicapa}] |
muscicapa grisola
(wn) | Muscicapa grisola
n 1: common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown
plumage [syn: spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata,
Muscicapa grisola] |
muscicapa striata
(wn) | Muscicapa striata
n 1: common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown
plumage [syn: spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata,
Muscicapa grisola] |
muscicapidae
(wn) | Muscicapidae
n 1: Old World (true) flycatchers [syn: Muscicapidae, {family
Muscicapidae}] |
muscidae
(wn) | Muscidae
n 1: two-winged flies especially the housefly [syn: Muscidae,
family Muscidae] |
muscivora
(wn) | Muscivora
n 1: a genus of Tyrannidae [syn: Muscivora, genus Muscivora] |
muscivora-forficata
(wn) | Muscivora-forficata
n 1: grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and
Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and
white breast and salmon and scarlet markings [syn:
scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, {Muscivora-
forficata}] |
ophrys muscifera
(wn) | Ophrys muscifera
n 1: European orchid whose flowers resemble flies [syn: {fly
orchid}, Ophrys insectifera, Ophrys muscifera] |
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