Byssus
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Byssus
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1 n.
A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
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2 n.
A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
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3 n.
An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
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4 n.
Asbestus.
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5 n.
A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
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6 n.
A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
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7 n.
An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
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8 n.
Asbestus.