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.

Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk bussos

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

BYSSUS — noun (plural ~es or byssi) Etymology: Middle English bissus, from Latin ~, from Greek byssos flax, of Semitic origin; akin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BYSSUS — ˈbisəs noun ( plural byssuses -sə̇z ; or bys·si -ˌsī, -_sē) Etymology: Latin byssus, from Greek byssos flax, linen, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BYSSUS — (n.) Asbestus.
Английский словарь Webster
BYSSUS — (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
Английский словарь Webster
BYSSUS — (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between …
Английский словарь Webster
BYSSUS — (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, …
Английский словарь Webster
BYSSUS — ( n. ) Asbestus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BYSSUS — ( n. ) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BYSSUS — ( n. ) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BYSSUS — ( n. ) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BYSSUS — — byssaceous /bi say"sheuhs/ , byssoid , adj. — byssal , adj. /bis"euhs/ , n. , pl. byssuses, byssi /bis"uy/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BYSSUS — noun ( plural bys·sus·es or bys·si -ˌsī, -(ˌ)sē) Etymology: Middle English bissus, from Latin byssus, from Greek byssos flax, of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BYSSUS — noun asbestus. 2. byssus ·noun an obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 3. byssus ·noun a cloth …
Webster English vocab
BYSSUS — [ 'bɪsəs ] ■ noun ( plural ~es or byssi -sʌɪ ) 1》 historical a fine textile fibre and fabric …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BYSSUS — [bys.sus] n, pl bys.sus.es or bys.si [ME bissus, fr. L byssus, fr. Gk byssos flax, of Sem origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BYSSUS — byss|us BrE AmE ˈbɪs| əs ▷ byss|i aɪ ▷ byss|uses əs ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BYSSUS — n. hist. (pl. byssuses or byssi) 1 hist. a fine textile fibre and fabric of flax. 2 a tuft of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BYSSUS — n. hist. (pl. byssuses or byssi) 1 hist. a fine textile fibre and fabric of flax. 2 a tuft of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BYSSUS — биссус (историческое) виссон (дорогая материя)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BYSSUS — n ист. виссон ( дорогая материя )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BYSSUS — (n) виссон
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BYSSUS — n ист. виссон ( дорогая материя )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BYSSUS — n ист. виссон ( дорогая материя )
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BYSSUS — биссус
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BYSSUS — биссус
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BYSSUS — биссус (историческое) виссон (дорогая материя)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BYSSUS — n. Pronunciation: ' bi-s ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural bys · sus · es or bys · si …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DEBEARD — transitive verb Date: 1980 to remove the byssus from (a mussel)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THREAD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINNA — I. ˈpinə noun ( plural pin·nae -ˌnē, -ˌnī ; or pinnas ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feather, wing, alteration …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BYSSINE — ˈbisə̇n adjective Etymology: Latin byssinus, from Greek byssinos, from byssos byssus + -inos -ine : made of byssus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIS — bis 1 /bis/ , adv. 1. twice. 2. again (used interjectionally as an enthusiastic call for the repetition of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Oxford English vocab

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