BYSSUS
\bˈa͡ɪsəs], \bˈaɪsəs], \b_ˈaɪ_s_ə_s]\
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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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An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
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Asbestus.
By Oddity Software
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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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An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
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Asbestus.
By Noah Webster.
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The ancients gave this name to several vegetable substances, which were used for the fabrication of stuffs prized for their fineness, colour, and rarity of material. It is now chiefly applied to the filaments, by the aid of which the acephalous mollusca attach their shells to the rocks. Byssus was formerly also applied to the female pudendum.
By Robley Dunglison
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