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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..

Monomyaria :: Monomyaria (n.pl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster..

Himyaric :: Himyaric (a.) Alt. of Himyariti.

Monomyarian :: Monomyarian (a.) Alt. of Monomyar.

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..

Monomyary :: Monomyary (n.) One of the Monomya.

Dimyaria :: Dimyaria (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve..

Barton :: Barton (n.) A farmyard.

Monomyary :: Monomyary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya.

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..

Dimyarian :: Dimyarian (a.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya.

Himyaritic :: Himyaritic (a.) Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia..

Unimuscular :: Unimuscular (a.) Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian..

Monomya :: Monomya (n.pl.) Alt. of Monomyari.

Dimyary :: Dimyary (a. & n.) Same as Dimyarian.

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..

Dimya :: Dimya (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyari.

Mononomial :: Mononomial (n. & a.) Monomyal.

Desmomyaria :: Desmomyaria (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.

Zilla :: Zilla (n.) A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs..

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