| musci | <botany> An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia. Origin: L. Muscus moss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| muscicapine | <ornithology> Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers. Origin: L. Musca a fly + capere to catch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muscicide | An agent destructive to flies. Origin: L. Musca, fly, + caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscidae | A family of the order diptera with over 700 species. The genera are musca domesticus (houseflies), musca autumnalis (face fly), stomoxys (stable fly), haematobia (horn fly), glossina spp. (tsetse flies), and fannia. Both sexes of the stable fly, horn fly and tsetse fly bite. (12 Dec 1998) |
| musciform | <zoology> Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae. Origin: Musca. <botany> Having the appearance or form of a moss. Origin: Muscus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muscimol | <chemical> 5-(aminomethyl)-3-isoxazolol. Neurotoxic isoxazole isolated from amanita muscaria and a. Phalloides and also obtained by decarboxylation of ibotenic acid. It is a potent agonist at gaba-a receptors and is used mainly as an experimental tool in animal and tissue studies. Pharmacological action: gaba agonists. Chemical name: 3(2H)-Isoxazolone, 5-(aminomethyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |