mussel
UK/ˈmʌsəl/
mussel noun: a saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
Noun
mussel (plural mussels)
- A saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
- A freshwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.
- Any of certain other bivalves of somewhat similar appearance, such as the zebra mussel and quagga mussel of the family Dreissenidae in subclass Heterodonta.
mussel meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
mussel in Tamil
- கருநீலச்சிப்பி, கடற்காய், சிப்பி, நத்தை
mussel in Kannada
- ಶಂಬೂಕ, ಮಳಿ, ಚಿಪ್ಪುಜೀವಿ
mussel in Tagalog
- any small edible bivalve shellfish — see also clam, oyster, mollusc
- halaan
mussel in Arabic
- any small edible bivalve shellfish — see also clam, oyster, mollusc
- بَلَحُ الْبَحْر balaḥu l-baḥr
More languagesFewer languages
- mussel in Malay
- kupang
- mussel in Persian
- صدف سیاه sadaf-e siyâh
- mussel in Thai
- หอยสองฝา hŏi sŏng făa
- mussel in Vietnamese
- chem chép
Examples of mussel in a sentence
- Zebra mussels are causing significant problems as an invasive species in North America.
- Comparison with live animals showed that robomussels provided a good estimate of mussel body temperatures.
- In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, there were three methods of harvesting mussels.
Forms of mussel
| plural | mussels |
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Origin of mussel
From Middle English muscle (“mussel”), from Old English muscle, from Proto-West Germanic *muskulā, from Late Latin muscula, from Latin mūsculus (“mussel, muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Doublet of muscle.
Words formed from mussel
- arc-form pearly mussel
- arcmussel
- Australian mussel
- bay mussel
- bearded mussel
- black mussel
- blue mussel
- boring mussel
- butterfly mussel
- California mussel
- Chilean mussel
- common mussel
- date mussel
- duck mussel
- dwarf wedgemussel
- fan mussel
- foolish mussel
- freshwater pearl mussel
- horse mussel
- Korean mussel
- Magellan mussel
- Mediterranean mussel
- mussel bill
- mussel blenny
- mussel boat
- Musselburgh
- mussel crab
- musselcracker
- mussel-crusher
- musselcrusher
- mussel digger
- mussel plum
- mussel scale
- Musselshell
- mussel shrimp
- mussle duck
- pearl mussel
- pearly mussel
- quagga mussel
- ribbed mussel
- river mussel
- robomussel
- swan mussel
- zebra mussel
Phrases with mussel
Words that rhyme with mussel
Questions about mussel
- What does mussel mean?
- Mussel means a saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
- What is mussel in Tamil?
- Mussel in Tamil is கருநீலச்சிப்பி, கடற்காய், சிப்பி. See Mussel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mussel?
- Mussel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mussel?
- Mussel is pronounced /ˈmʌsəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mussel?
- The plural of mussel is mussels.
Words near mussel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mussel (page history and authors); mussel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mussel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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