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byssal

adj

Etymology

From byssus + -al.

  1. derived from בּוּצָא
  2. derived from בּוּץ
  3. derived from βύσσος — “a very fine yellowish flax and the linen woven from it”
  4. derived from byssus — “fine cotton or cotton stuff, silk”
  5. borrowed from byssus — “sea silk”
  6. suffixed as byssal — “byssus + al”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves

    • the byssal threads

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA