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Definition of Mussel

1. Noun. Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine.

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

Definition of Mussel

1. n. Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidæ. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.

Definition of Mussel

1. Noun. A small edible bivalve shellfish of the families ''Unionidae'' (fresh water mussels) and ''Mytilidae'' (salt water mussels). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mussel

1. a bivalve mollusk [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mussel

1. 1. Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe. 2. Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh water genera; called also river mussel. See Naiad, and Unio. Mussel digger, the grayback whale. See Gray whale, under Gray. See: Muscle, 3. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mussel

musquaw musquaws musquet musqueteer musquetoon musquets musquito musquitoes musquitos musrol

musrols muss muss-be musse mussed mussel (current term) mussel shrimp mussels musses mussier

mussiest mussily mussiness mussinesses mussing mussitate mussitated mussitates mussitating mussitation

Literary usage of Mussel

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

1. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"mussel ROCK TO PAJARO RIVER. From Bolinas to the vicinity of mussel Rock, ... Near mussel Rock it intersects the shore at a great landslide (plate 12л) in ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"They are somewhat remote from the sea mussels in structure, and have not even a common economic importance. The Sea mussel ..."

3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"Mytilus-ed.vlis, the.common mussel,, is a source of poisoning in England and on ... The cause of "mussel poisoning" is not known. It is highly probable that ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"Another shell, commonly called mussel by the fishermen, is the allied genus ... known in Europe as the horse • mussel. Our common species (if. modiolus, ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"is from 1 to 2J in. long and 1 in. broad, of a greenish black Common Salt-water mussel (Mytilus edulis). color externally and purplish and bluish white ..."

6. Lessons in elementary biology by Thomas Jeffery Parker (1905)
"LESSON XXVIII THE FRESH-WATER mussel IN the mussel we meet with an entirely new ... Anodonta cygnea, the swan-mussel, is the commonest species in England ..."

7. A Treatise on the Fishery Laws of the United Kingdom: Including the Laws of by James Paterson (1863)
"If any person shall unlawfully use any dredge, or any net or instrument or engine whatsoever, or shall trespass within the limits of any mussel bed, ..."

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