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| mus·sel [ múss'l ] (plural mus·sels) |
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1. edible sea organism: an edible bivalve mollusk with a blue-black shell that lives attached to objects in the ocean. Genus Mytilus.
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2. freshwater mollusk: a freshwater bivalve mollusk whose shell is a source of mother-of-pearl. Genera Anodonta, Unio.
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| [Pre-12th century. < assumed Vulgar Latin muscula, alteration of Latin musculus "small mouse" (see muscle); from the mussel's supposed resemblance in shape and color to a mouse] |
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