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Heteromyaria


Hetˊe-ro-my-a′ri-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] other + [GREEK] a muscle.]
(Zool.)
A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See
Dreissena
, and Illust. under
Byssus
.