mussel

Cooked mussels (Mytilus edulis)

Meaning

Noun

  • Any of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells

Origin

  • From Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, from Late Latin muscula, from Latin mÅ«sculus. muscle.

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