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Myaria
- - A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.
Mycose
- - A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose.
Myelic
- adjective - of or relating to the spinal cord
Myelin
- noun - a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Myelon
- - The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)
Mygale
- - A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family Ctenizidae, having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (Mygale cancerides) are among the largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (Mygale Hentzii).
Mykiss
- - A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout.
Mynahs
- noun - tropical Asian starlings
Myolin
- - The essential material of muscle fibers.