Что (кто) такое Mussel - определение

MEMBERS OF SEVERAL FAMILIES OF CLAMS OR BIVALVE MOLLUSKS

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mussel

(mussels)

Mussels are a kind of shellfish that you can eat from their shells.

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mussel

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1. a marine bivalve mollusc with a dark brown or purplish-black shell. [Mytilus edulis (edible mussel) and other species, family Mytilidae.]

2. a freshwater bivalve mollusc, some kinds of which produce small pearls. [Family Unionidae.]

Origin

OE mus(c)le; ult. from late L. muscula, from L. musculus (see muscle).

Mussel

·noun Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh-water genera;

- called also river mussel. ·see Naiad, and Unio.

II. Mussel ·noun Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see ·Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.

Википедия

Mussel

Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are often more or less rounded or oval.

The word "mussel" is frequently used to mean the bivalves of the marine family Mytilidae, most of which live on exposed shores in the intertidal zone, attached by means of their strong byssal threads ("beard") to a firm substrate. A few species (in the genus Bathymodiolus) have colonised hydrothermal vents associated with deep ocean ridges.

In most marine mussels the shell is longer than it is wide, being wedge-shaped or asymmetrical. The external colour of the shell is often dark blue, blackish, or brown, while the interior is silvery and somewhat nacreous.

The common name "mussel" is also used for many freshwater bivalves, including the freshwater pearl mussels. Freshwater mussel species inhabit lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, canals, and they are classified in a different subclass of bivalves, despite some very superficial similarities in appearance.

Freshwater zebra mussels and their relatives in the family Dreissenidae are not related to previously mentioned groups, even though they resemble many Mytilus species in shape, and live attached to rocks and other hard surfaces in a similar manner, using a byssus. They are classified with the Heterodonta, the taxonomic group which includes most of the bivalves commonly referred to as "clams".

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Примеры произношения для Mussel

1. mussel shell hoes,

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2. with a mussel shell.

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3. when Gunnar started placing his mussel orders,

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4. the seaweed and blue mussel harvester

North - The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland _ Gunnar Karl GiÌslason _ Talks at Google

5. discovered their similar climate for mussel harvesting.

Mabel Gray _ James Rigato _ Talks at Google

Примеры употребления для Mussel

1. "Conch is a mussel and it‘s a very tough mussel," Weekley said.

2. "They clamp their tube feet around a mussel and pull the shell apart.

3. Then fishermen began intense dredging of the lough which destroyed the mussel beds.

4. "Sardines or a mussel soup are fine with us," she noted.

5. A more likely cause –– and the reason the problem may be harder to solve this time –– is the arrival in the 1'80s of two exotic species of mussels, the zebra mussel and its cousin, the quagga mussel, he said.