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Meaning of MUSSEL

Pronunciation:  'musul

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
  2. [n]  black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
 

MUSSEL is a 6 letter word that starts with M.

 

 See Also: bivalve, edible mussel, freshwater clam, freshwater mussel, lamellibranch, marine mussel, mytilid, Mytilus edulis, pelecypod, shellfish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mus"sel\, n. [See {Muscle}, 3.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve
   shells of the genus {Mytilus}, and related genera, of the
   family {Mytid[ae]}. 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.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of {Unio}, and
   related fresh-water genera; -- called also {river mussel}.
   See {Naiad}, and {Unio}.

{Mussel digger} (Zo["o]l.), the grayback whale. See {Gray
   whale}, under {Gray}.

 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing mussels in your dream means minor gains in fortune, but you will be filled with much joy and domestic bliss.
 

 

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