<hw>Micky/2/</hw>, <i>n</i>. In New Zealand, a corruption of
<i>Mingi</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Midwinter</hw>, <i>n</i>. The seasons being reversed in
Australia, Christmas occurs in the middle of summer. The
English word <i>Midsummer</i> has thus dropped out of use,
and "Christmas," or <i>Christmas-time</i>, is its Australian
substitute, whilst <i>Midwinter</i> is the word used to denote
the Australian winter-time of late June and early July. See
<i>Christmas</i>.

<hw>Mignonette, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian flower,
<i>Stackhousia linariaefolia</i>, Cunn., <i>N.O</i>.
<i>Stackhouseae</i>.

<hw>Mihanere</hw>, <i>n</i>. a convert to Christianity; a Maori
variant of the English word <i>Missionary</i>.

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii.
pp. 11, 12:

"The mihanere natives, as a body, were distinctly inferior in
point of moral character to the natives, who remained with
their ancient customs unchanged. . . . A very common answer
from a converted native, accused of theft, was, `How can that
be? I am a mihanere.' . . . They were all mihanere, or
converts."

<hw>Milk-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tall Queensland shrub,
<i>Wrightia saligna</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Apocyneae</i>;
it is said to be most valuable as a fodder-bush.

<hw>Milk-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name, in Australia,
is given to a marine animal belonging to the class
<i>Holothurioidea</i>. The Holothurians are called
<i>Sea-cucumbers</i>, or <i>Sea-slugs</i>. The <i>Trepang</i>,
or <i>be^che-de-mer</i>, eaten by the Chinese, belongs to them.
Called also <i>Tit-fish</i> (q.v.).

1880. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Proceedings of the
Linnaean Society of New South Wales,' vol. v. pt. ii.
p. 128:

"Another species [of Trepang] is the `milk fish' or `cotton
fish,' so called from its power of emitting a white viscid
fluid from its skin, which clings to an object like shreds of
cotton."

<hw>Milk-plant</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Caustic Creeper</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Milk-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New Zealand tree,
<i>Epicarpurus microphyllus</i>, Raoul.

1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':

"Milk-tree . . . a tall slender tree exuding a milky sap:
wood white and very brittle."

<hw>Milk-wood</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Northern Territory name
for <i>Melaleuca leucadendron</i>, Linn.; called also
<i>Paperbark-tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Miller</hw>, <i>n</i>. a local name for the
<i>Cicada</i>. See <i>Locust</i> (quotation, 1896).

<hw>Mi