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byssus

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪsəs/Part of speech nounSorted bsssuyStarts with BEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g.

  2. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

Word origin

From New Latin byssus (“sea silk”), from Latin byssus (“fine cotton or cotton stuff, silk”), from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “a very fine yellowish flax and the linen woven from it”), from Hebrew בּוּץ (búts), Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā).

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