HyperDic: thin-shelled_mussel

English > 1 sense of the expression thin-shelled mussel:
NOUNanimalthin-shelled musselmussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth
English > thin-shelled mussel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth.
Member ofAnodonta, genus Anodontathin-shelled freshwater mussels
Broaderfreshwater mussel, freshwater clambivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States

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