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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of bivalve lamellibranchs, of the family Mytilidœ, or mussels, or made type of the family Dreissenidœ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (Dreissena polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.

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  • noun zebra mussels

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