byssus — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

2. Sea silk manufactured from these filaments.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

3. The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

Sostantivo

1. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

   Sinonimi

   beard

   Termini più generali

   fiberfibre