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Definition of Byssuses
1. byssus [n] - See also: byssus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Byssuses
Literary usage of Byssuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"(15) After their escape from the eggs, these embryos are held together by their
entangled byssuses. Subsequently, when the adductor muscle has definitely ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"All that I can at present say is, that they do not die under the operation, and
that they are still living, having also re-formed new byssuses. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"All that I can at present say is, that they do not die under the operation, and
that they are still living, having also re-formed new byssuses. ..."
4. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association by Leeds Geological Association (1892)
"The numerous kinds of brachiopods attached themselves by means of their self-made
byssuses to different objects. ..."
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