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Mai"oid (?), a. [Maia + -
oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus
Maia, or family Maiadeæ.

Mais"ter (?), n. Master.
[Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Mais"ter, a. Principal;
chief. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Mais"tre (?), Mais"trie, Mais"try (?)
}, n. Mastery; superiority; art. See
Mastery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mais"tress (?), n. Mistress.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Mai"thes (?), n. (Bot.)
Same as Maghet.

Maize (?), n. [Sp. maiz. fr.
mahiz or mahis, is the language of the Island of
Hayti.] (Bot.) A large species of American grass of the
genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and
food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used
as food for men and animals.

Maize eater (Zoöl.), a South
American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the
troupials.


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