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Mussel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Mussel has 2 senses
- mussel(n = noun.food) Array - black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine; Array is a part of edible mussel, mytilus edulis
- mussel(n = noun.animal) Array - marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.; Array is a kind of bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod
is a kind of shellfish
has particulars: marine mussel, mytilid, freshwater clam, freshwater mussel
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mussel, n. [See Muscle, 3.].
- Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus
Mytilus , and related genera, of the familyMytidæ . 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Mussel, n.
1 any bivalve mollusc of the genus Mytilus, living in sea water and often used for food.
2 any similar freshwater mollusc of the genus Margaritifer or Anodonta, forming pearls.
1 any bivalve mollusc of the genus Mytilus, living in sea water and often used for food.
2 any similar freshwater mollusc of the genus Margaritifer or Anodonta, forming pearls.
Etymology
ME f. OE mus(c)le & MLG mussel, ult. rel. to L musculus (as MUSCLE)
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