Byssus

What do we mean by byssus?

A mass of strong, silky filaments by which certain bivalve mollusks, such as mussels, attach themselves to rocks and other fixed surfaces. noun

A fine-textured linen of ancient times, used by the Egyptians for wrapping mummies. noun

Among the ancients, originally, a fine yellowish flax, especially Indian and Egyptian, and the linen made from it, such as the Egyptian mummy-cloth; afterward, also, cotton and silk (the latter, before its origin was known, being taken for a kind of cotton). noun

One of the byssi, a name formerly given by botanists to a heterogeneous collection of filamentous cryptogamic plants. noun

In conchology, a long, delicate, lustrous, and silky bunch of filaments, secreted by the foot, and serving as a means of attachment to other Objects. noun

A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. noun

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. noun

An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. noun

Asbestus. noun

An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, its use was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk. noun

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

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

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

An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, the word was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk.

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.

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

Words that are spelled similarly to byssus:
byssus, bassus, bessus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word byssus:
pinna, bivalve, threads, mussels, secreted, hinge, mollusc, gland, attach, substrate, silk, shells, cloth, pen, shell, fabric, proteins, mediterranean, foot, sea, themselves, species, ancient, usually, open.

Words that rhyme with byssus:
phthisis, viscus, pertussis, physis, cuscus, fuscous, clysis, crispus, ruscus, tussis, blissus, kuskus, cissus, us us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe byssus:
strong, white, silky, blue, calcified, twined, like, twisted, soft, egyptian, fine, scarlet, provisional, large, finest, yellow, black, shaggy, purple, dark, massive, fourth, ornamental, fibrous, thick, coarse, weak, calcareous, striped, fatal, short, developed, pleated, gilded, larval, red.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective byssus:
cloth, present, silk, muscle, formation, gland.

Consonant match to byssus:
basis, baucis, base s, boss us.

Words that sound like byssus:
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