Dim"y*a (?), Dim`y*a"ri*a (), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. = + to close.] Zool.

An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.

 

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