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mytilus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mytilus has 1 sense
- mytilus(n = noun.animal) genus mytilus - type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels; Array is a kind of mollusk genus
is a member of family mytilidae, mytilidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
mytilus, n. [L., a sea mussel, Gr. .].
A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus. [1913 Webster]
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