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noun
A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and other chordate fossils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: muscle segment
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)der. English -mere English myomere From myo- + -mere.
