Definition of Dreissena polymorpha

1. Noun. Inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels.

Exact synonyms: Zebra Mussel
Generic synonyms: Freshwater Clam, Freshwater Mussel
Group relationships: Dreissena, Genus Dreissena

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreissena Polymorpha

Drangiana
Draper's law
Draskhanakert
Drava
Drave
Dravidian
Dravidian language
Dravidians
Dravidic
Drayton
Dreaming
Dreamtime
Drechslera
Dred Scott
Dreiser
Dreissena polymorpha (current term)
Drenthe
Drepanididae
Drepanis
Dresden
Dresdenware
Dresdner
Dresdners
Dressler's syndrome
Dressler's syndromes
Dressler beat
Dreulofoy's lesion
Drew
Dreyer
Dreyer's formula

Literary usage of Dreissena polymorpha

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1891)
"Gosford Ponds (W. Evans). Edinburgh.—Near Edinburgh (W. Turner). Lochend (W. Evans). Dreissena polymorpha (Pall.). Local. Confined to canals near Glasgow ..."

2. Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland by Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Jardine (1858)
"ON THE NATURALIZATION OP Dreissena polymorpha. 2. ON THE NATURALIZATION OF DREISSENA (VAN ... The Dreissena polymorpha is admirably figured in vol. ix. p. ..."

3. The Genera of Recent Mollusca: Arranged According to Their Organizationby Henry Adams, Arthur Adams by Henry Adams, Arthur Adams (1858)
"II. 520 2. Dreissena polymorpha. Forbes and Hanley, Brit. Moll. pi. Q, fig.i.. . . . „ 521 2, a, 2, 6. Dreissena polymorpha. Shell. . . „ 521 3, 3, a. ..."

4. Report of the Rugby School Natural History Society by Rugby School Natural History Society (1880)
"The fresh-water mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (5), is one of the commonest shells in the neighbourhood, the bottom and sides of the Oxford Canal being in ..."

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