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Mytilus
(gcide) | Mytilus \Myt"i*lus\, n. [L., a sea mussel, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common
mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.
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Mytilus
(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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mytilus
(wn) | Mytilus
n 1: type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine
mussels [syn: Mytilus, genus Mytilus] |
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Mytilus edulis
(gcide) | Mussel \Mus"sel\, n. [See Muscle, 3.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells
of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family
Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see
Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel
(Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe
and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as
food in Europe.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related
fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. See
Naiad, and Unio.
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Mussel digger (Zool.), the grayback whale. See {Gray
whale}, under Gray.
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genus mytilus
(wn) | genus Mytilus
n 1: type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine
mussels [syn: Mytilus, genus Mytilus] |
mytilus
(wn) | Mytilus
n 1: type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine
mussels [syn: Mytilus, genus Mytilus] |
mytilus edulis
(wn) | Mytilus edulis
n 1: a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks
[syn: edible mussel, Mytilus edulis] |
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