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1.
(Min.) (a) Marked like macle
(chiastolite). (b) Having a twin
structure. See Twin, a.

2. See Mascled.

||Ma*clu"re*a (?), n. [NL. Named from
William Maclure, the geologist.] (Paleon.) A genus
of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of
the lower Silurian rocks.

Ma*clu"rin (?), n. (Chem.)
See Morintannic.

Mac"ra*me lace" (?). A coarse lace made of twine,
used especially in decorating furniture.

{ Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic (?), Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous
(?), } a. [Macro + encephalic,
encephalous.] Having a large brain.

Mac"ro- (?). [Gr. makro`s, adj.] A
combining form signifying long, large, great; as
macrodiagonal, macrospore.

Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; long-
lived; makro`s long + &?; life: cf.

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