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- [muhs-uh l]
- /ˈmʌs əl/
- /ˈmʌs.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muhs-uh l]
- /ˈmʌs əl/
Definitions of mussel word
- noun mussel any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae. 1
- noun mussel Any of a number of bivalve mollusks with a brown or purplish-black shell. 1
- noun mussel edible mollusc 1
- countable noun mussel Mussels are a kind of shellfish that you can eat from their shells. 0
- noun mussel any of various marine bivalves of the genus Mytilus and related genera, esp M. edulis (edible mussel), having a dark slightly elongated shell and living attached to rocks, etc 0
- noun mussel any of various freshwater bivalves of the genera Anodonta, Unio, etc, attached to rocks, sand, etc, having a flattened oval shell (a source of mother-of-pearl). The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, can be a serious nuisance in water mains 0
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Origin of mussel
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English, Old English muscle < Vulgar Latin *mūscula, variant of Latin mūsculus little mouse, sea mussel. See muscle
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Parts of speech for Mussel
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mussel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mussel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mussel
noun mussel
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- mollusk — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
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