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Word: Mussel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English mus(c)le, superseded by forms from Middle Low German mussel, Middle Dutch mosscele; ultimately from late Latin muscula, from Latin musculus (see muscle)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmʌsl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
any of a number of bivalve molluscs with a brown or purplish-black shell.
Short Definition:marine bivalve which uses byssus threads
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