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mussel boats

mussel boats is the plural of mussel boat.

Meaning of mussel boat

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

Questions about mussel boats

What is mussel boats the plural of?
Mussel boats is the plural of mussel boat.

Words near mussel boats in the dictionary

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

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