Heteromyaria

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heteromyaria \Het`e*ro*my*a"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? other
     + ? 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}.
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