μήρ-ῡμα · mēr-yma — LSJ
that which is drawn out: strand, skein, thread, kink
that which is drawn out: strand of gut, Ph. Bel. 65.33; skein of such strands, Hero Bel. 81.14; thread, Poll. 7.29; μηρύματα λίθων, of fibrous stone, Plu. Def.orac. 2.434a; of bitumen, J. BJ 4.8.4; of shipʼs cordage, Plu. Cic. 47; μ. ἐρίου Dem.Ophth. ap. Aët. 7.53; kink in a string, Hero Aut. 2.11.
II coil, trail
a serpentʼs coil or trail, δολιχῷ μ. γαστρός Nic. Th. 160, 265 (μηρύγματι codd., cf. Hsch., Cyr.).