byssus

A tuft of strong filaments by which a mussel or similar mollusk attaches itself to a fixed surface.

• 🇷🇺Пучок прочных нитей, с помощью которых мидия или аналогичный моллюск прикрепляется к неподвижной поверхности.

1. Byssal threads C2 formal

   A tuft of strong, silky filaments secreted by certain bivalve mollusks, such as mussels, to attach themselves to a solid surface.

   • The mussel uses its byssus to anchor itself to the rocks.
   • Scientists study the byssus for its strong adhesive properties.
   • The byssus of the pen shell was historically used to make sea silk.

   🇷🇺Биссусные нити

• byssi plural form
• byssuses plural form
• byssi' possessive plural form
• byssuses' possessive plural form
• byssus's possessive singular form