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myostracum

myostracum noun: part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles.

Noun

myostracum (plural myostraca)

  1. Part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles.
    • At this place in the myostracum the smaller, second-order prisms […] range from two to 15 microns in diameter.1964, Shell Structure and Muscle Scars of Cap-shaped Archaeogastropods
    • In contrast to the muscle scars, the growth tracks of which are marked by a radial stretch of myostracum, the growth track of the pallial line is the boundary surface between two shell layers.2014, Adolf Seilacher, Alan D. Gishlick, Morphodynamics, page 68

Forms of myostracum

pluralmyostraca

Questions about myostracum

What does myostracum mean?
Myostracum means part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles.
What part of speech is myostracum?
Myostracum is a noun.
What is the plural of myostracum?
The plural of myostracum is myostraca.

Words near myostracum in the dictionary

  1. myostimulator
  2. myostimulators
  3. myostimulatory
  4. myostraca
  5. myostracal
  6. myostracum
  7. myosuppressin
  8. myosuppressins
  9. myosupressin
  10. myotactin
  11. myotasis

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