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from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of bivalve or lamellibranch mollusks, in which the anterior or pallial adductor is much smaller than the posterior or pedal adductor, and in which siphons are seldom developed: distinguished from
Isomya and Monomya. The mussels are a familiar example.
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