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epibyssate

epibyssate adjective: that uses a byssus to anchor itself to seaweed or a rock.

Adjective

epibyssate (not comparable)

  1. That uses a byssus to anchor itself to seaweed or a rock

Origin of epibyssate

From epi- + byssate.

Questions about epibyssate

What does epibyssate mean?
Epibyssate means that uses a byssus to anchor itself to seaweed or a rock.
What part of speech is epibyssate?
Epibyssate is an adjective.

Words near epibyssate in the dictionary

  1. epibrassinolides
  2. epibromohydrin
  3. epibromohydrine
  4. epibromohydrins
  5. epibulbar
  6. epibyssate
  7. epic
  8. epic catalogue
  9. Epic Cycle
  10. epic doom
  11. epic fail

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