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Machair |
Areas confined to the coasts of Western Ireland and Scotland - a sandy, lime-rich habitat, usually species rich, normally as a result of crushed sea-shells. |
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Mala |
The small area on the side of the head just behind the lower jaw. |
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Mammiform |
Shaped like a breast with nipple |
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Marginal |
Along the outer edge of the wing. |
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Marginate |
(Of a swollen stem base) having a well defined upper edge |
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Marsh |
Wet ground but not on peat. |
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Mating Tube |
The channel in the male or female, through which the spermatophore passes to the bursa copulatrix. |
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Meadow |
A grassy field kept for hay production and grazed only infrequently. |
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Mealy |
Smelling or tasting of flour or dough |
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Median |
Birds - On the middle of the wing. Fungi - (of ring) positioned at mid-height on the stem |
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Melanized |
To make dark or black |
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Mericarp |
One-seeded portion of a fruit formed when it splits from the rest of the fruit; a carpel with one seed. |
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Merulioid |
With pits, or shallow tubes |
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Mesothorax |
The mesothorax is the second (middle) segment of the thorax. |
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Methanol |
Alcohol made from wood |
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Microspecies |
Division within a species where there differences are very subtle. |
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Middorsal |
Along the midline of the back, or top of the body. |
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Midrib |
Central vein of a leaf. |
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Midventral |
Along the midline of the bottom of the body. |
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Migration |
The movement of adults to feed or breed at a location many miles from their place of their birth. |
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Milk |
Milky, usually white fluid, exuded by gills of lactarius species when broken or cut |
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Mimicry |
A process in which one species has come to resemble a second, poisonous species, resulting in a lessened likelihood of the mimic being attacked by predators. |
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Moniliform |
Having swellings |
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Monocarpic |
Flowers once and then dies. |
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Monomitic |
Having only one type of hyphae |
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Mucronate |
With a short, sharp point |
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Multivoltine |
Producing several broods or generations in one year, e.g. multivoltine moths. |
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Muriform |
Having horizontal and vertical septa |
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Mycelium (pl. Mycelia) |
Vegetative stage of fungus, comprising thread-like / felt-like mass, from which the fruiting body subsequently arises |
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Mycology |
The study of fungi. |
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Mycoparasite |
A fungus capable of parasitising another fungus |
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Mycorrhizal |
Symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a plant in which the fungus penetrates the plant and exchanges nutrients with it. Often to the mutual benefit of both fungus and plant |
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Mycotoxin |
Poisonous compound produced by a fungus. |
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Mycotrophic |
Obtaining nutrients from fungi. |
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mycovirus |
a virus which infects fungi |
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myxomycetes |
saprophytic organisms that form vegetative amoeboid plasmodia and spores |
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