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byssus
Noun
byssus (plural byssuses)
- An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, its use was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk.
- The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, from which sea silk is manufactured.
- The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.
6 letters in word "byssus": B S S S U Y.
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