Definitions of byssus
The word byssus uses 6 letters: b, s, s, s, u, y
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Meanings of byssus
n. - A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
n. - A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
n. - An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
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