Malay Meaning of byssus

bisus

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Definitions and Meaning of byssus in English

Wordnet

byssus (n)

tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

Webster

byssus (n.)

A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.

A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of 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.

An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

Asbestus.

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bisus

tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surfaceA cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed wh

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byssolite => Bisolit, byssoid => byssoid, byssine => Bisin, byssin => byssin, byssiferous => byssiferous,