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byssus
noun
(bys-sus)
a fine probably linen cloth of ancient times
byssus
noun
(bys-sus)
a tuft of long tough filaments by which some bivalve mollusks (such as mussels) adhere to a surface
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beard
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byssaceous
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byssine
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byssiferous
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byssal
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fibrilla
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sericterium
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stupose
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filiferous
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stamin
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lanigerous
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thibet cloth
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rhizine
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gonophore
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taenidium
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toilinette
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coenenchym
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bombycinous
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filoselle
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cassinette
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animal fiber
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pseudobranchia
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beaverteen
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muslinet
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fibranne
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sarplier
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cloth
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seabeard
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anthozoan
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athalamous
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jaconet
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perigone
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capillament
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filament
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neurocord
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dowlas
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podetium
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tyrian purple
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plumelike
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bipennate
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gambroon
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carpospore
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basidiocarp
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filoplume
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velarium
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soredium
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meconidium
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viscidness
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red algae
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stylaster
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arrasene
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canton crape
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sagathy
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bombasine
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fasciole
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gonozooid
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filipendulous
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sea mat
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plumula
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mytilus
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polyplacophore
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microzoospore
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gomuti
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retepore
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sea trumpet
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laniferous
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tussore
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sporosac
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huckaback
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sea mouse
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pileiform
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tabinet
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thread
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sea feather
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dropworm
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waistcloth
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cerecloth
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perichaetous
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palliobranchiate
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polypiferous
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sporiferous
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cambrasine
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animal material
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lutestring
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diadelphous
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cocciferous
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hearsecloth
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ringhead
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ratteen
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