Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mytilus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mytilus \Myt"i*lus\, n. [L., a sea mussel, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common
mussel. See Illust. under {Byssus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Mytilus
n : type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine
mussels [syn: {Mytilus}, {genus Mytilus}]
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