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4 words match “MYTILUS”

MYTILUS n.
A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.
BYSSUS n.
the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
MUSSEL 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…
MYTILOID a.
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Mytilus, or family Mytilidæ.