Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of flies.
- noun A genus of bivalve shells to which very different limits have been assigned.
- noun See myio-, myo-.
- noun Plural of
myon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.
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- noun
million years ago
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- noun type genus of the family Myacidae
Etymologies
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Examples
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i agree with carmen and the others who feel the same way. this has now become a popularity contest, mya is hands down the better dancer, and donny should have been cut a long time ago.
'Dancing With the Stars': The season 9 winner is.... | EW.com 2009
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Long after 500 mya we had huge invasions of LINEs, SINEs, etc. in the genome.
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Our own bipedal ancestors supposedly arose 2 mya, and the differences between us and them are superficial in comparison to these two creatures.
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Our own bipedal ancestors supposedly arose 2 mya, and the differences between us and them are superficial in comparison to these two creatures.
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Keep going until the bitter end Hill - no sense in being party-minded this late in the game. mya
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May 20th, 2008 8: 14 pm ET makes me respect hillary even more can't be scary. mya, Obama
McCain adviser steps down to avoid working against Obama 2008
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BTW, the period studied averaged significantly cooler than peak Pliocene warmth (the Piacenzian), which note only got up to about 350 ppm (per Tripati), meaning that the 3 to 5 mya period studied probably averaged no more than 325 ppm or so.
Framing Al Gore EliRabett 2010
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Another Bush office (with McCain) is not the right office! mya, Obama
Clinton takes on TV pundits at distillery stop in Kentucky 2008
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MY guess (and hope) is a block of superdelegates including Edwards, Carter, and Bill (I had to throw that in there!!!). mya, Obama
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I can't wait for Clinton to come out and twist this whole thing around like West Virginia could be her comeback. mya, Obama
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