Definitionn. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
Last update: August 16, 2015
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The foot has a byssus gland on its posterior surface. [Please select]
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Czermak have proved that byssus is linen, not cotton. [Please select]
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He showed that, for this purpose, it can sever its byssus, and re-form it at pleasure, so as to migrate and moor itself in favourable situations. [Please select]
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When all was finished, the corpse was left 70 days in a solution of soda, and then wrapped in bandages of byssus spread over with gum. [Please select]
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