mussel : Idioms & Phrases

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edible mussel

  • noun a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks
    Mytilus edulis.
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freshwater mussel

  • noun bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States
    freshwater clam.
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Horse mussel

  • (Zoöl.), a large, marine mussel (Modiola modiolus), found on the northern shores of Europe and America.
Webster 1913

marine mussel

  • noun marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones
    mytilid.
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Meadow mussel

  • (Zoöl.), an American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes.
Webster 1913

Mussel digger

  • (Zoöl.), the grayback whale. See Gray whale, under Gray.
Webster 1913

mussel shrimp

  • noun tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
    seed shrimp; ostracod.
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pearly-shelled mussel

  • noun the pearly lining of the dark shells is a source of mother-of-pearl
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thin-shelled mussel

  • noun mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth
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zebra mussel

  • noun inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels
    Dreissena polymorpha.
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