annelid: Annotated classification: …to 1 cm; genera include Myzostoma. Order Poeobiida Body saclike without external segmentation; anterior end with circle of tentacles; 2 internal septa only polychaete characteristics; pelagic; single genus, Poeobius. Class Oligochaeta Primarily freshwater

annelid: Annotated classification: Order Myzostomida Body disk-shaped or oval without external segmentation; external or internal commensals or parasites of echinoderms, especially crinoids; size, minute to 1 cm; genera include Myzostoma. Order Poeobiida Body saclike without external segmentation; anterior end with circle of tentacles; 2 internal septa

aphid: Types of aphids: The green peach aphid (Myzus persicae), also called the spinach aphid, is pale yellow-green with three dark lines on the back. The life cycle involves two hosts. The female reproduces parthenogenetically during summer and produces sexual males and females in autumn. It is a serious pest,…

multiple birth: Twins and twinning: …major types of twins are identical twins and fraternal twins. Identical twins are two individuals that have developed from a single egg fertilized by a single sperm. This fertilized egg is called a zygote. At a relatively early stage in its growth, the zygote splits into two separate cell masses…

gundi: …Tunisia, and Libya, but the Mzab gundi (Massoutiera mzabi) has the largest range, extending from southeastern Algeria through southwestern Libya to northern Mali, Niger, and Chad. The Felou gundi (Felovia vae) is confined to Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania. The East African gundi, or Speke’s pectinator (Pectinator spekei), is geographically isolated…

African literature: Xhosa: Ngani, Bertrand Bomela, Godfrey Mzamane, D.M. Lupuwana, and Minazana Dana—confronted very similar issues. These writers tried to come to terms with the world that so enthralled 19th-century Xhosa intellectuals but that lost its appeal as the marginalized role of the African in it became more and more evident.

Mzilikazi was a Southern African king who founded the powerful Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe. The greatest Bantu warrior after Shaka, king of the Zulus, Mzilikazi took his Kumalo people more than 500 miles (800 km) from what is now South Africa to the region now known as

Mzimba, town, northwestern Malawi. Mzimba is located in the area traditionally inhabited by the Ngoni and Tumbuka peoples. Formerly an administrative centre, the town has declined in importance since 1940. The surrounding region includes the Mzimba Plain, the northern extension of the Central

Muhammed Said Abdulla: His Mzimu wa Watu wa Kale (“Shrine of the Ancestors”) won first prize in the Swahili Story-Writing Competition of 1957–58, conducted by the East African Literature Bureau, and was published as a novel in 1966. In this work, Abdulla introduced his detective hero, Bwana Msa—loosely based…

North Africa: Early humans and Stone Age society: …such as the tumulus at Mzora (177 feet [54 metres] in diameter) and the mausoleum known as the Medracen (131 feet [40 metres] in diameter) are probably from the 4th and 3rd centuries bc and show Phoenician influence, though there is much that appears to be purely Libyan.

MʾSila, town, north-central Algeria. It is situated on the Plains of Hodna at an elevation of 1,542 feet (470 metres) between the saline lake Chott el-Hodna (south) and the east-west-extending Hodna Mountains (a range of the Tell Atlas Mountains) to the north. A dam on the Wadi Ksob in the Hodna

Mʾzab, region containing five towns, one of the major groups of oases of the Sahara, central Algeria. It was founded in the early 11th century by Mʾzabite Berbers. The Mʾzab was annexed to France in 1882 and reverted to Algeria in 1962. The oases stretch along the Wadi Mʾzab and are surrounded by

Mʾzabite, member of a Berber people who inhabit the Mʾzab oases of southern Algeria. Members of the Ibāḍīyah subsect of the Muslim Khārijite sect, the Mʾzabites are descendants of the Ibāḍī followers of ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Rustam, who were driven from Tiaret (now Tagdempt) and took refuge (probably

Mʾzabite, member of a Berber people who inhabit the Mʾzab oases of southern Algeria. Members of the Ibāḍīyah subsect of the Muslim Khārijite sect, the Mʾzabites are descendants of the Ibāḍī followers of ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Rustam, who were driven from Tiaret (now Tagdempt) and took refuge (probably