Byssus
nounid
16449·updated May 18, 2026verified
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- beard
- plural
- Byssuses
- possessive
- Byssus's
- pluralpossessive
- Byssuses'
Framework definitions
- §1
- tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
- §1 · legacy_primary
- tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surfaceDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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