Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The layer developed in many Infusoria that contains muscle-like fibrillæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.

Etymologies

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myo- + Ancient Greek

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