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Noun Concept
Categories: Mollusc products, Bivalve anatomy
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byssus  beard  byssal  byssal thread  byssal threads
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Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface WordNet 3.0
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Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A byssus is a bundle of filaments secreted by many species of bivalve mollusc that function to attach the mollusc to a solid surface. Wikipedia
Fine, rare fiber secreted by mollusks of the Pinnidae family Wikidata
The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured. Wiktionary
IS A
fiber
animal fiber
HAS KIND
sea silk
COLOR
brown
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
NATURAL PRODUCT OF TAXON
Pinnidae
USE
sea silk
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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byssus, beard
Wikipedia
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byssus
Wikidata
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byssus
Wiktionary
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byssus
Wikipedia Redirections
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byssal, byssal thread, byssal threads, Byssus thread, Bysuss, Mussel beard
Wikidata Alias
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byssus silk, mussel silk, pinna silk, sea silk

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