Home › Words › M › myophoremyophoremyophore means the point of attachment of a muscle to the shell of a mollusc.EtymologyFrom myo- + -phore.nounThe point of attachment of a muscle to the shell of a mollusce.g.“The umbo cavity is bridged by a septum or myophore.” — 2015 July 17, Rafael Araujo, Yde de Jong, “Fauna Europaea: Mollusca – Bivalvia”, in Biodiversity Data Journal, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.myostracum 72% match — Part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles. vs myophore →myorod 67% match — A protein in the smooth muscle of some mollusc; a filament containing this protein (together with myosin) vs myophore →myophoric 62% match — Of or relating to myophores. vs myophore →musculite 59% match — A petrified mussel or shell. vs myophore →myoball 59% match — A spherical muscle cell. vs myophore →molluscan 59% match — Pertaining to molluscs. vs myophore →myopodium 58% match — A form of filopodium produced by muscle tissue vs myophore →periostracum 57% match — The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells. vs myophore →