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MUSSEL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mussel"):

marine mussel; mytilid (marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones)

freshwater clam; freshwater mussel (bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

Holonyms ("mussel" is a part of...):

edible mussel; Mytilus edulis (a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks)

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