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BYSSUS
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Irregular inflected form: byssi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
Synonyms:
beard; byssus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("byssus" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
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