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byssal

byssal adjective: of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves.

Adjective

byssal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves
    • the byssal threads

Origin of byssal

From byssus + -al.

Words formed from byssal

Questions about byssal

What does byssal mean?
Byssal means of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves.
What part of speech is byssal?
Byssal is an adjective.

Words near byssal in the dictionary

  1. Bysouths
  2. byspeech
  3. byspeeches
  4. byspel
  5. byssaceous
  6. byssal
  7. byssally
  8. byssate
  9. byssi
  10. byssiferous
  11. byssine

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