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{ Mun"tin (?), Mun"ting (?), }
n. [CF. Montant.] (Arch.) Same
as Mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.

Munt"jac (?), n. (Zoöl.)
Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus
Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India
and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also
muntjak.]

Muntz" met`al (?). See under Metal.

||Mu*ræ"na (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
&?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large eels of the family
Murænidæ. They differ from the common eel in
lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins
continuous. The murry (Muræna Helenæ) of Southern
Europe was the muræna of the Romans. It is highly valued as a
food fish.

{ Mu*ræ"noid, Mu*re"noid } (?),
a. [NL. Muræna, the generic name +
-oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the
genus Muræna, or family Murænidæ.

Mu"rage (?), n.


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