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Byssus - Wikipedia
A byssus is a bundle of filaments secreted by many species of bivalve mollusc that function to attach the mollusc to a solid surface. en.wikipedia.org
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The Magical Byssus Weaver - Chiara Vigo - The Restless Viking
Byssus, a thread made from mollusks' saliva, is extremely rare and has ancient references! This “Sea Silk” had been named on the Rosetta stone ... www.restless-viking.com
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Byssus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The byssus is formed of a root from which extend several relatively thick ribbons, in contrast to the many thin threads of the Mytilidae. www.sciencedirect.com
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byssus
byssus (ˈbɪsəs) Also 5–7 bissus. [a. L. byssus, a. Gr. βύσσος ‘a fine yellowish flax, and the linen made from it, but in later writers taken for cotton, also silk, which was supposed to be a kind of cotton’ (Liddell & Scott), ad. Heb. būts, applied to ‘the finest and most precious stuffs, as worn by... Oxford English Dictionary
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BYSSUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a fine probably linen cloth of ancient times 2. [New Latin, from Latin] : a tuft of long tough filaments by which some bivalve mollusks (such as mussels) ... www.merriam-webster.com
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"Irritating Byssus – Etymological Problems, Material facts, and the ...
Byssus and sea-silk made of the fibre beard of the Pinna nobilis – zoologically called byssus – have both become subjects of scholarly interest in the last ... digitalcommons.unl.edu
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Byssus Structure and Protein Composition in the Highly Invasive ...
Marine mussel byssus is composed of proteinaceous threads, including distal thread, proximal thread, and adhesive plaque. The byssal thread is surrounded by a ... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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BYSSUS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
an ancient cloth, thought to be of linen, cotton, or silk. byssus. / ˈbɪsəs /. noun. a mass of strong threads secreted by a sea mussel ... www.dictionary.com
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Byssus, Secrets of a Shining Sea Silk Loved by Ancient Cultures
Byssus is an extremely fine, rare, and valuable fabric of animal origin. It is a sort of natural silk with golden and sparkling reflections. www.ancient-origins.net
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Structure, function and parallel evolution of the bivalve byssus, with ...
The byssus is a structure unique to bivalves. Byssal threads composed of many proteins extend like tendons from muscle cells, ending in adhesive pads that ... royalsocietypublishing.org
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Problema byssus
Problema byssus, the byssus skipper or bunchgrass skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Subspecies Problema byssus byssus Problema byssus kumskaka (Scudder, 1887) References Butterflies described in 1880 Hesperiini Butterflies of North America wikipedia.org
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byssogenous
byssogenous, a. (bɪˈsɒdʒɪnəs) [f. byss-us + -gen 2 + -ous.] That (normally) produces a byssus.1886 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1885 i. 777 Lamellibranchs generally exhibit more or less well marked traces of this byssogenous apparatus. 1895 Camb. Nat. Hist. III. 453 Foot with byssogenous slit, but no... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mytilus (bivalve)
Between the gills is a muscular foot 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 which the mussel can hold wikipedia.org
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Dreissenidae
They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, and they also attach themselves to a hard substrate using a byssus, however wikipedia.org
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Pinnidae
The shells of bivalves in this family are fragile and have a long and triangular shape, and in life the pointed end is anchored in sediment using a byssus In the Mediterranean area, material made from the holdfast or byssus of Pinna nobilis Linné has been utilized in the manufacture of clothing for many centuries wikipedia.org
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