Definition of mya

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Mya (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam..

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Mya :: Mya (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam..
Trimyarian :: Trimyarian (n.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata..
Barton :: Barton (n.) A farmyard.
Monomyarian :: Monomyarian (a.) Alt. of Monomyar.
Farmyard :: Farmyard (n.) The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings..
Dimyary :: Dimyary (a. & n.) Same as Dimyarian.
Mononomial :: Mononomial (n. & a.) Monomyal.
Dimyarian :: Dimyarian (n.) One of the Dimya.
Heteromyaria :: Heteromyaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus..
Monomyary :: Monomyary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya.
Dimyarian :: Dimyarian (a.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya.
Myall Wood :: Myall wood () A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla..
Unimuscular :: Unimuscular (a.) Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian..
Myaria :: Myaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.
Myalgia :: Myalgia (n.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.
Desmomyaria :: Desmomyaria (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Spoutless :: Spoutfish (n.) A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes..
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