mytilid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mytilid*:
NOUN	animal	mytilid, marine mussel	marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell

English > *mytilid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones.
Synonym	marine mussel
Member of	Mytilidae, family Mytilidae	marine mussels
Narrower	edible mussel, Mytilus edulis	A mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks
Broader	mussel	marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
Spanish	mitílido

HyperDic: mytilid