Definitions from Wiktionary (byssus)

▸ noun:  The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.
▸ noun:  Sea silk manufactured from these filaments.
▸ noun:  (mycology) The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.
▸ Also see byssus


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