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Montagu (iou)



Montagu noun. M19.
[George Montagu (1751-1815), Brit. naturalist.]
Used attrib. or in possess. to designate various animals described by Montagu.
Montagu's blenny a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, of intertidal pools around the Mediterranean and NE Atlantic. Montagu's harrier a relatively small migratory Eurasian harrier, Circus pygargus. Montagu shell (the shell of) any of various small marine bivalves of the family Montacutidae, which live as commensals on echinoderms. Montagu's sea-snail a small fish of the NE Atlantic, Liparis montagui, which feeds on littoral crustaceans.

loose skin (medicine)


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cutis laxa


A group of connective tissue diseases in which skin hangs in loose pendulous folds. It is believed to be associated with decreased elastic tissue formation as well as an abnormality in elastin formation. Cutis laxa is usually a genetic disease, but acquired cases have been reported.