Толковый словарь английского языка - mussel
Mussel
mussel
noun Etymology: Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, from Vulgar Latin *muscula, from Latin musculus muscle, ~ Date: before 12th century a marine bivalve mollusk (especially genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated shell, a freshwater bivalve mollusk (as of Unio, Anodonta, or related genera) that is especially abundant in rivers of the central United States and has a shell with a lustrous nacreous lining
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n. 1 any bivalve mollusc of the genus Mytilus, living in sea water and often used for food. 2 any similar freshwater mollusc of the genus Margaritifer or Anodonta, forming pearls. Etymology: ME f. OE mus(c)le & MLG mussel, ult. rel. to L musculus (as MUSCLE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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