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Byssus
(gcide) | Byssus \Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. Byssuses; L. Byssi.[L. byssus
fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .]
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1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
[Written also byss and byssin.]
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2. (Zool.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed
in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves
of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus,
by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
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3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of
slender threads.
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4. Asbestus.
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byssus
(wn) | byssus
n 1: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes
itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus, beard] |
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Byssuses
(gcide) | Byssus \Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. Byssuses; L. Byssi.[L. byssus
fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .]
[1913 Webster]
1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
[Written also byss and byssin.]
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed
in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves
of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus,
by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of
slender threads.
[1913 Webster]
4. Asbestus.
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byssus
(wn) | byssus
n 1: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes
itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus, beard] |
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