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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A marine bivalve of the family Mytilidæ and one of the genera Mytilus, Modiola, etc., as Mytilus edulis: distinguished from the fresh-water or river mussels (Unionidæ). See cut under
Mytilus .
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