 MARL. A mixture of clay and lime ; usually soft, but sometimes hard, in which case it is called indurated marl. MARSUPIAL ANIMALS. A tribe of quadrupeds having a sack or pouch under the belly, in which they carry their young. The kangaroo is a well-known...  Principles of geology - Page 385by sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 570 pages
...animals that burrow underground. MARL. A mixture of clay and lime; usually soft, but sometimes hard, in which case it is called indurated marl. MARSUPIAL...A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephant. So called from the form of the hind teeth or grinders, which have their surface covered with... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 420 pages
...animals that burrow under ground. MARL. A mixture of clay and lime; usually soft, but sometimes hard, in which case it is called indurated marl. MARSUPIAL...their young. The kangaroo is a well-known example. l-'.tynt., mar&vpium, a purse. MASTODON. A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephant.... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - 1836 - 552 pages
...it is called indurated marl. Mastodon. A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephant. So called from the form of the hind teeth or grinders, which have their surface covered with conical mammillary crests. Elym., jiarfTos, maslos, pap, and o<5u», odon, tooth. Matrix. If a simple mineral... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 500 pages
...lamantine (Trichechus manatus, Lin. ) MARL. A mixture of clay and lime ; usually soft, but sometimes hard, in which case it is called indurated marl. MARSUPIAL...grinders, which have their surface covered with conical mammillary crests. Etym., juaoros, mastos, pap, and o5wp, odon, tooth. MATRIX. If a simple mineral... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 pages
...lamantinc (Trichechus manatus, Lin.) MARL. A mixture of clay and lime; usually soft, but sometimes hard, in which case it is called indurated marl. MARSUPIAL...is a well-known example. Etym., marsupium, a purse. MABTODOS. A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephants ; so called from the form of... | |
 | George Roberts - 1839 - 208 pages
...belly, in which they carry their young. MASTODON (/iaoroe, mastos, the breast ; oiW, odon, tooth) ; a genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the...grinders, which have their surface covered with conical mammillary crests. There are the M. maximus, greatest ; angustidens, narrow tooth. MASTODONSAURUS (juaoroe,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1847 - 434 pages
...Cetacea. the sea-row, or lamantine MARL. A mixture of clay and lime ; usually soft, but sometimes hard, in which case it is called indurated marl. MARSUPIAL...their young, the kangaroo is a well-known example. /-,"/;/'.''.. /mi, ..t!iiii/•t• , a purge. MASTODON. A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds, allied... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - 1855 - 496 pages
...it is called indurated marl. Mastodon. A gonus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephant. So called from the form of the hind teeth or grinders, which have their surface covered with conical mammillary crests. Matrix. If a simple mineral or shell, iu place of being detached, be still fixed... | |
 | David Page - 1859 - 422 pages
...marmpium, a pouch or purse). — Literally pouched animals ; a marked division of the mammalia having u sack or pouch under the belly, in which they carry their young, as the kangaroo and opossum. They are sometimes termed ovoviviparous mammals, as being intermediate... | |
 | David Page - 1865 - 520 pages
...Marsupiáta (Lat. margupíiim, a pouch or purse). —Literally "pouched animals ;" an order of mammalia having a sack or pouch under the belly, in which they carry their young, as the kangaroo, wombat, and opossum. They are sometimes termed moviviparous mammals, as being intermediate... | |
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