myophoricadj.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)ˈfɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪoʊˈfɔrɪk/ Zoology.
Relating to or of the nature of a myophore.
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1920 A. M. Davies Introd. Palaeontol. ii. 56 The right anterior and the left anterior and part of the bifid tooth are carried on a kind of buttress (myophoric lamina).
1978 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 284 329 It is tempting to homologize the prominent myophoric buttresses found in several Ordovician pelecypods..with the pegma of ribeirioid rostroconchs.
1996 Bull. Geol. Surv. Canada No. 491. 113 Pedal protractor scars in Vanuxemia hayniana indicate that the myophoric notch allowed the protractor muscle to pass through the plane of the hinge.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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