English Explanatory Dictionary

date mussel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mussel of the genus Lithophaga, medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.

Word forms

date mussel date mussels

Etymology

From its resemblance to the fruit.

Related words

Gastrochaenolites
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