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microsthene Zool.|ˈmaɪkrəsθiːn|
[mod.L. Microsthena pl. (see below), f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + σθένος strength.]
A member of the Microsthena, one of the orders in Dana's classification of the Mammalia, comprising the smallest and structurally least powerful mammals. Hence microˈsthenic a., of or pertaining to the microsthenes. (Cf. megasthene).
1862Dana Man. Geol. 345 They are of a small type..such as are styled Microsthenic in the remarks on Mammals. Ibid. 421 The Microsthenes..the inferior type. 1863― in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. ii. XXXVI. 9 A general structural characteristic may yet be detected corresponding to these megasthenic and microsthenic qualities. 1876Dunglison Med. Lex., Microsthenes, a group of the mammalia having a small size. 1890Syd. Soc. Lex., Microsthenes..Microsthenic. |