mytilus

See also: Mytilus

English

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin, mytilus (“a sea mussel”), from Ancient Greek.

Noun

mytilus (plural mytili)

  1. Any of the genus Mytilus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mytilus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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