mussel
mus·sel
noun
2.
marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
Origin
From Middle English muscle (“mussel”), from Old English muscle, from Proto-West Germanic *muskulā, from Late Latin muscula, from Latin mūsculus (“mussel, muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Doublet of muscle.
Phrases
- arc-form pearly mussel
- Australian mussel
- bay mussel
- bearded mussel
- black mussel
- blue mussel
- boring mussel
- butterfly mussel
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