MYTILUS EDULIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mytilus edulis mean? 

• MYTILUS EDULIS (noun)
  The noun MYTILUS EDULIS has 1 sense:

1. a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks

  Familiarity information: MYTILUS EDULIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYTILUS EDULIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

edible mussel; Mytilus edulis

Hypernyms ("Mytilus edulis" is a kind of...):

marine mussel; mytilid (marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones)

Meronyms (parts of "Mytilus edulis"):

mussel (black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine)

Holonyms ("Mytilus edulis" is a member of...):

genus Mytilus; Mytilus (type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels)