Definition of Mytilus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels.

Exact synonyms: Genus Mytilus
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Mytilidae, Mytilidae
Member holonyms: Edible Mussel, Mytilus Edulis

Definition of Mytilus

1. n. A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.

Definition of Mytilus

1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the genus ''Mytilus'' of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mytilus

mythopoeticizes
mythopoeticizing
mythopoetry
mythopoets
mythopoiesis
mythos
mythoses
myths
mythus
mythy
mytili
mytilid
mytilids
mytiloid
mytilotoxine
mytilus
myxa
myxameba
myxamebae
myxamebas
myxamoeba
myxamoebae
myxamoebas
myxedema
myxedemas
myxedematous
myxedemic
myxinid
myxinids
myxinoid

Literary usage of Mytilus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Turton Collection of South African Marine Mollusks: With by Paul Bartsch (1915)
"Mytilus PERNA Linnaeus. The United States National Museum has four lots of this ... Mytilus VARIABILIS Kraus«. There are four lots of this species in the ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1834)
"On the Naturalization in England of the Mytilus crenatus, a native of India, ... The same species of Mytilus has, however, within the last twelve months, ..."

3. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells: Arranged According to the Linnæan by Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817)
"Gmelin, p. 3354. i f.748. Mytilus viridis Chinensis. Chemnitz, xi. p. 253. t. 205. f. 2022 and 2023. Mytilus versicolor. Gmelin, p. 3359. Mytilus saxatilis. ..."

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