Plural of mussel

Forms of mussel

Mussels in a sentence

• Zebra mussels are causing significant problems as an invasive species in North America.From the entry zebra mussel
• In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, there were three methods of harvesting mussels.2012, Lisa Knopp, “Mississippi Harvest” (chapter 3), in What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte…. From the entry pollywog
• The most primitive was wading into shallow water and collecting the mussels by hand.2012, Lisa Knopp, “Mississippi Harvest” (chapter 3), in What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte…. From the entry pollywog
• “Toe-digging” or “pollywogging” was fine if you didn’t need very many mussels.2012, Lisa Knopp, “Mississippi Harvest” (chapter 3), in What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte…. From the entry pollywog
• Mussels that employ all four demibranchs for brooding are referred to as tetragenous.2010, James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. From the entry tetragenous

Meaning of mussel

1. noun A saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
2. noun A freshwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.
3. noun Any of certain other bivalves of somewhat similar appearance, such as the zebra mussel and quagga mussel of the family Dreissenidae in subclass Heterodonta.

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Questions about the plural of mussel

What is the plural of mussel?

The plural of mussel is mussels.

Is mussel countable?

Mussel is a countable noun.