BYSSUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: byssi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

Synonyms:

beard; byssus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("byssus" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

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