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Divaricator

Di-varˊi-ca′tor

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of
Brachiopoda
.

Definition 2024


divaricator

divaricator

English

Noun

divaricator (plural divaricators)

  1. (zoology) One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.


Latin

Verb

dīvāricātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dīvāricō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of dīvāricō