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dimyary, a. and n. Zool.|ˈdɪmɪərɪ|
[f. mod.L. dimyārius (Dimyāria name of group), f. Gr. δι- twice + µῦ-ς muscle (lit. ‘mouse’): see -ary1.]
A. adj. Double-muscled: said of those bivalve molluscs which have two adductor muscles for closing the shell. Also dimyarian |dɪmɪˈɛərɪən| a.
B. n. A dimyary bivalve.
1835Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 712/2 Shells which have belonged to dimyary mollusks. 1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 26 The cytherea and other dimyaries. 1866Tate Brit. Mollusks ii. 18 The freshwater Conchifera are all dimyarian bivalves. |