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Mosaicisms
- noun - the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup
Mosasauria
- - An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved teeth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.
Mosasaurus
- - A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.
Mosquitoes
- noun - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
Moss Agate
- noun - an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
- an agate with brown, black, or green moss-like markings
Moss Green
- adjective - of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color
Moss Phlox
- noun - low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
Moss-Grown
- adjective - (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"
- overgrown with moss