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byssus - translation to russian
FINE, RARE FIBER SECRETED BY MOLLUSKS OF THE PINNIDAE FAMILY
Byssal thread; Byssus thread; Mussel beard; Bysuss
byssus
['bisəs]
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биссус
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Definition
Byssus
·noun Asbestus.
II. Byssus ·noun An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
III. Byssus ·noun A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
IV. Byssus ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Byssus
A byssus () is a bundle of filaments secreted by many species of bivalve mollusc that function to attach the mollusc to a solid surface. Species from several families of clams have a byssus, including pen shells (Pinnidae), true mussels (Mytilidae), and Dreissenidae.
