HyperDic: marine_mussel

English > 1 sense of the expression marine mussel:
NOUNanimalmarine mussel, mytilidmarine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell
English > marine mussel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmarine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones.
Synonymmytilid
Member ofMytilidae, family Mytilidaemarine mussels
Narroweredible mussel, Mytilus edulisA mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks
Broadermusselmarine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
Spanishmitílido

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