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Definition of Dreissena
1. Noun. Zebra mussels.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Unionidae, Unionidae
Member holonyms: Dreissena Polymorpha, Zebra Mussel
Definition of Dreissena
1. n. A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.
Medical Definition of Dreissena
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreissena
Literary usage of Dreissena
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. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"Nevertheless, the term dreissena has the clear right of priority in point of ...
MJ Berkeley communicated to this Magazine his discovery of the dreissena in ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1877)
"U. HOLMAN PECK. deposit in the filament of dreissena shows us the presence of
... This extension and thickening of the chitinous skeleton of the dreissena ..."
4. Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland by Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Jardine (1858)
"And although the dreissena has unquestionably been in- troduced into this country
by human ... The dreissena polymorpha is admirably figured in vol. ix. p. ..."
5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"He lives at the place indicated by Sander, and expresses it as his opinion that
the rivulet is a locality unfit for dreissena, that Sander's shell is a Unio ..."
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