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Byssus

noun
(pl. E. byssuses; L. byssi)
1.
Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface.  Synonym: beard.





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"Byssus" Quotes from Famous Books



... of any of the bivalved molluscs which adhere to rocks, as the Pinna, Mytilus, &c. The silken byssus of the great pinna, or wing-shell, is woven into dresses. In the Chama gigas it will sustain 1000 lbs. Also, the woolly substance found in ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


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