common mussel
1Mussel — 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 …
2Mussel digger — Mussel 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… …
3Mussel Slough Tragedy — Historical Landmark. The Mussel Slough Tragedy was a dispute over land titles between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) that took place on May 11, 1880, on a farm located 5.6 miles (9 km) northwest of Hanford, California, in… …
4Common Octopus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …
5Mussel — Not to be confused with muscle. Mussel Blue mussels Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England Scientific classification Kingdom …
6Common periwinkle — Winkle redirects here. For the contract bridge play, see Winkle squeeze. Common periwinkle Periwinkle emerging from its shell, Sweden Scientific classificatio …
7mussel — /mus euhl/, n. any bivalve mollusk, esp. an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae. [bef. 1000; ME, OE muscle < VL *muscula, var. of L musculus little mouse, sea mussel. See MUSCLE] * * * Any… …
8river mussel — Mussel 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… …
9mussel shrimp — ▪ crustacean also called seed shrimp , or ostracod any of a widely distributed group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Ostracoda (class Crustacea) that resemble mussels in that the body is enclosed within a bivalved (two valved)… …
10horse mussel — noun : a large coarse marine mussel (Modiolus modiolus) found on the shores of northern Europe and America; also : any similar closely related species * * * horse mussel noun A mollusc (genus Modiolus) similar to the common mussel but much bigger …
