English Explanatory Dictionary

horse mussel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A northern horse mussel, any of species Modiolus modiolus of mussels of northern waters of Europe and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America
  2. Any in subfamily Modiolinae of mussels.
  3. Atrina squamifera, of South Africa
  4. Atrina zelandica, a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m depth with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell covered with hollow spines.

Word forms

horse mussel horse mussels

Derived words

bearded horse mussel boring horse mussel broad horse mussel elongate horse mussel fat horse mussel furrowed horse mussel little black horse mussel rhomboid horse mussel southern horse mussel straight horse mussel tulip mussel vagina horse mussel
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