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{ } a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [ Written also anomoural, anomouran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Anomura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antemurale: ante + murus wall. See Mural. ] An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that involve representatives from more than one school. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Lying between walls; inclosed by walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Taking place between two different institutions or cities; as, an intermural soccer match between two schools. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Being within the walls, as of a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Of or pertaining to those activities occurring within a single institution or organization, such as intramural sports involving students of a single school; an intramural debate within a professional society. [ PJC ]

3. (Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A genus of large eels of the family Muraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. murer to wall, fr. mur wall, L. murus. See Mure a wall. ] A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See Mure a wall. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. “Mural breach.” Milton. “Mural fruit.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle, n., 3. --
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. Muraena, the generic name + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muraena, or family Muraenidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. murmuratio. ] The act of murmuring; a murmur. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]