edible mussel
1edible mussel — noun a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks • Syn: ↑Mytilus edulis • Hypernyms: ↑marine mussel, ↑mytilid • Member Holonyms: ↑Mytilus, ↑genus Mytilus …
2mussel — noun 1》 a marine bivalve mollusc with a dark brown or purplish black shell. [Mytilus edulis (edible mussel) and other species, family Mytilidae.] 2》 a freshwater bivalve mollusc, some kinds of which produce small pearls. [Family Unionidae.]… …
3Edible naiad — Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification Kingdom …
4Mussel — 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 …
5Mussel 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… …
6mussel — [mus′əl] n. [ME muscle < OE, akin to OHG muscula, both < VL * muscula, for L musculus, mussel, MUSCLE] any of various bivalve mollusks; specif., a) any of a sometimes edible saltwater family (Mytilidae) that anchors to rocks, ships, etc. by …
7Mussel — Not to be confused with muscle. Mussel Blue mussels Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England Scientific classification Kingdom …
8mussel — /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… …
9mussel — noun /ˈmʌsəl/ A small edible bivalve shellfish of the families Unionidae (fresh water mussels) and Mytilidae (salt water mussels). See Also: zebra mussel, mussel bed, mussel bed …
10mussel — mus•sel [[t]ˈmʌs əl[/t]] n. ivt any bivalve mollusk, esp. an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME, OE muscle < VL *mūscula, fem. der. of L mūsculus little mouse …
