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A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]

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.…

A speaking in a low tone; mumbling. [Obs.]

A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.

A Mohammedan; a Moslem.

Of, pertaining to, or like, the Mussulmans, or their customs: Mohammedan.

Mohammedan.

Mohammedanism.

In the manner of Moslems.

Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]

A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.

in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.

The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.

), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] -- Horse mussel (Zoöl.), a large, marine mussel (Modiola modiolus), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. -- Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the Solanum Carolinense. -- Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexa…

ic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.

An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.

ommon American species A. riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole. -- Meadow mussel (Zoöl.), an American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes. -- Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore , a kind of limonite. -- Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip. -- Meadow pink. (Bot.) See unde…