transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbi-səs ]
noun
( plural bys·sus·es or bys·si -ˌsī, -(ˌ)sē)
Etymology: Middle English bissus, from Latin byssus, from Greek byssos flax, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew būṣ linen cloth
Date: 14th century
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 (as mussels) adhere to a surface