MICROSPORANGIUM
Mi`cro*spo*ran"gi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Micro-, and Sporangium.]
(Bot.)
Defn: A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores.
Cf. Macrosporangium.
MICROSPORE
Mi"cro*spore, n. Etym: [Micro- + spore.] (Bot.)
Defn: One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.
MICROSPORIC
Mi`cro*spor"ic, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to microspores.
MICROSTHENE
Mi"cro*sthene, n. Etym: [Micro- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.
MICROSTHENIC
Mi`cro*sthen"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the microsthenes.