- meromyarian
- mero·my·ar·i·an (mer″o-mi-arґe-ən) [mero-1 + Gr. mys muscle] designating a type of nematode musculature in which there are only a few muscle cells in a given area, the cells being platymyarian in type.
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meromyarian
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meromyarian — adj. [Gr. meros, part; mys, muscle] (NEMATA) Muscle arrangement with only a few, frequently only two, flat muscle cells seen in each quadrant of a cross section of the animal … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
meromyarian — mero·my·ar·i·an … English syllables
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holomyarian — adj. [Gr. holos, whole; mys, muscle] (NEMATA) Describing the longitudinal muscle cells indistinguishable as individual cells so as to appear like a single band as viewed in transverse section. This term was discarded in nematology when Butschli… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
myarian — adj. [Gr. mys, muscle] 1. Referring to muscle, as in meromyarian. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Used in classification as to number and position of the adductor muscles … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
polymyarian — n. [Gr. polys, many; mys, muscle] (NEMATA) Muscle arrangement in which there are many cells between adjacent hypodermal cords; polymyarial a; see meromyarian … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Oxyuridae — noun pinworms • Syn: ↑family Oxyuridae • Hypernyms: ↑worm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Nematoda, ↑phylum Nematoda, ↑Aschelminthes, ↑phylum Aschelminthes … Useful english dictionary
rhabditida — rabˈdid.ədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Rhabditis + ida : a large order of Aphasmidia comprising free living and parasitic nematode worms having the esophagus more or less clearly divided into three regions, usually… … Useful english dictionary
meromyarial — adjective see meromyarian … Useful english dictionary
meromyarity — noun see meromyarian … Useful english dictionary
