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mussel-crusher

mussel-crusher is the alternative form of musselcracker.

Meaning of musselcracker

Noun

musselcracker (plural musselcrackers)

  1. Cymatoceps nasutus (black musselcracker)
    Synonyms:
    musselcrusher, mussel-crusher, black musselcracker, poenskop seabream, black biskop
  2. Sparodon durbanensis (white musselcracker)
    Synonyms:
    musselcrusher, mussel-crusher, musselcracker seabream, white musselcracker, white biskop, silver steenbras, biskop

Forms of mussel-crusher

pluralmussel-crushers

Origin of mussel-crusher

From mussel + crusher.

Questions about mussel-crusher

What is mussel-crusher the alternative form of?
Mussel-crusher is the alternative form of musselcracker.

Words near mussel-crusher in the dictionary

  1. mussel diggers
  2. mussel plum
  3. mussel plums
  4. mussel shrimp
  5. mussel shrimps
  6. mussel-crusher
  7. mussel-crushers
  8. Musselburgh
  9. musselcracker
  10. musselcrackers
  11. musselcrusher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mussel-crusher (page history and authors); musselcracker (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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