BYSSUS


Meaning of BYSSUS in English

n. hist. (pl. byssuses or byssi) 1 hist. a fine textile fibre and fabric of flax. 2 a tuft of tough silky filaments by which some molluscs adhere to rocks etc.

[ ME f. L f. Gk bussos ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.