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Abounding with mines; like a mine. "Miny caverns."
Thomson.

Mi"o*cene (mī"&osl;*sēn),
a. [Gr. mei`wn less + kaino`s
new, fresh, recent.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the
middle division of the Tertiary. -- n.
The Miocene period. See Chart of
Geology.

||Mi`o*hip"pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
mei`wn less + "ippo`s horse.] (Paleon.)
An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related
to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on
each foot.

Miq"ue*let (?), n. [Sp.
miquelete.] (Mil.) An irregular or partisan
soldier; a bandit.

Mir (?), n. A Russian village
community. D. M. Wallace.

Mir, n. [Per. mīr.]
Same as Emir.

||Mi"ra (?), n. [NL., from L.
mirus wonderful.] (Astron.) A remarkable variable
star in the constellation Cetus (ο Ceti).

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