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mussel boat

mussel boat noun: a commercial fishing vessel used for harvesting and farming mussels, often seen in major aquaculture regions like the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Spain.

mussel boat: a commercial fishing vessel used for harvesting and farming mussels, often seen in major...
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Noun

mussel boat (plural mussel boats)

  1. A commercial fishing vessel used for harvesting and farming mussels, often seen in major aquaculture regions like the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Spain.
    • So we ware both put into a mussellbote / And came saling in a sowes yeare ouer sea into Kent.1579, James Orchard Halliwell, The Marriage of WITT AND WISDOME an Ancient Interlude, page 13

Forms of mussel boat

pluralmussel boats

Questions about mussel boat

What does mussel boat mean?
Mussel boat means a commercial fishing vessel used for harvesting and farming mussels, often seen in major aquaculture regions like the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Spain.
What part of speech is mussel boat?
Mussel boat is a noun.
What is the plural of mussel boat?
The plural of mussel boat is mussel boats.

Words near mussel boat in the dictionary

  1. mussaulgees
  2. mussauls
  3. mussed
  4. mussed up
  5. mussel
  6. mussel boat
  7. mussel boats
  8. mussel digger
  9. mussel diggers
  10. mussel plum
  11. mussel plums

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