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byssus
byssus, i, f. (byssum, i, n., Isid. Orig. 19, 27, 4), = βύσσος [Heb. ], cotton , cotton stuff , Ap...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
The silken filaments of any of the bivalved molluscs which adhere to rocks, as the Pinna, Mytilus, &c. The silken byssus of the great pinna, or wing-shell, is woven into dresses. In the Chama gigas it will sustain 1000 lbs. Also, the woolly substance found in damp parts of a ship.
byssus, i, f. (byssum, i, n., Isid. Orig. 19, 27, 4), = βύσσος [Heb. ], cotton , cotton stuff , Ap...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.