Megaceros to Melanosis
Megaceros
(||Me*gac"e*ros) n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`gas great + ke`ras horn.] (Paleon.) The Irish elk.
Megachile
(Meg"a*chile) n. [Mega- + Gr. lip.] (Zoöl.) A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See
Leaf cutter, under Leaf.
Megacosm
(Meg"a*cosm) n. [Mega- + Gr. world.] See Macrocosm. Croft.
Megacoulomb
(Meg`a*cou`lomb") n. [Mega- + coulomb.] (Elec.) A million coulombs.
Megaderm
(Meg"a*derm) n. [Mega- + Gr. skin.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Old World blood-
sucking bats of the genus Megaderma.
Megadyne
(Meg"a*dyne) n. [Mega- + dyne.] (Physics) One of the larger measures of force, amounting
to one million dynes.
Megafarad
(Meg"a*far`ad) n. [Mega- + farad.] (Elec.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity,
amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.
Megalerg
(Meg"a*lerg) n. [Megalo- + erg.] (Physics) A million ergs; a megerg.
Megalesian
(Meg`a*le"sian) a. [L. Megalesius, fr. Gr. Mega`lh the Great, a surname of Cybele, the
Magna Mater.] Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.
Megalethoscope
(Meg`a*leth"o*scope) n. [Mega- + alethoscope.] An optical apparatus in which pictures
are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.
Megalith
(Meg"a*lith) n. [Mega- + - lith; cf. F. mégalithe.] A large stone; especially, a large stone used in
ancient building. — Meg`a*lith"ic a.
Megalo-
(Meg"a*lo-) See Meg-.
Megalocyte
(Meg"a*lo*cyte) n. [Megalo- + Gr. a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A large, flattened corpuscle,
twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound
anæmia.
Megalomania
(Meg`a*lo*ma"ni*a) n. [NL., fr. megalo- + mania.] (Pathol.) A form of mental alienation
in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
Megalonyx
(||Meg`a*lon"yx) n. [NL., from Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + 'o`nyx claw.] (Paleon.) An
extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.
Megalophonous
(Meg`a*loph"o*nous) a. [Megalo- + Gr. fwnh` voice.] Having a loud voice.
Megalopolis
(Meg`a*lop"o*lis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. megalo`polis; me`gas, mega`lh, great + po`lis city.] A
chief city; a metropolis. [R.]
Megalops
(Meg"a*lops) n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`gas, - a`loy, large + 'w`ps eye.] (Zoöl.)
1. A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and
abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also
used adjectively.
2. A large fish; the tarpum.
Megalopsychy
(Meg`a*lop"sy*chy) n. [Megalo- + Gr. soul, mind.] Greatness of soul. [Obs. & R.]
