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Definition of Byssus

Byssus
Byssus Bys"sus, n.; pl. E. Byssuses; L. Byssi.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 4. Asbestus.

Meaning of Byssus from wikipedia

- several families of clams have a byssus, including pen s**** (Pinnidae), true mussels (Mytilidae), and Dreissenidae. Byssus filaments are created by certain...
- the long silky filaments or byssus secreted by a gland in the foot of pen s**** (in particular Pinna nobilis). The byssus is used by the mussel to attach...
- into cloth. Byssus cloth is a rare fabric, also known as sea silk, that is made using the byssus of pen s**** as the fiber source. The byssus of Atrina...
- with the byssus gland. With the help of the protein contained in the mussel and iron filtered from the sea, this gland produces the byssus threads with...
- Trentepohlia aurea (L.) Synonyms  Amphiconium aureum (L.) Nees Byssus aurea L. Byssus cryptarum L. Chroolepus aureum Kütz. Chroolepus oleiferum Kütz....
- ventral or underside region. The anterior or front of the s**** is where the byssus (when present) and foot are located, and the posterior of the s**** is where...
- triangular shape, and in life the pointed end is anc****d in sediment using a byssus. The s**** have a thin but highly iridescent inner layer of nacre in the...
- out with a byssus, which attaches them to some form of substrate such as eelgr**** when they are very young. Most species lose the byssus as they grow...
-  herbarum Binomial name Cladosporium herbarum (Pers.) Link (1816) Synonyms Byssus herbarum (Pers.) de Candolle & Lamarck (1815) Dematium herbarum Pers. (1794)...
- using a strong byssus composed of many silk-like threads which used to be made into cloth. The animal secretes these fibres from its byssus gland; they consist...