byssaladj.
/ˈbɪsəl/ Of or belonging to the byssus of molluscs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of
pedal1625
sinistral1803
lingual1826
byssiferous1835
pallial1836
metapodal1853
byssal1854
boreal1856
branchio-parietal1856
odontophorous1870
odontophoral1877
branchio-pallial1880
lentigerous1883
osphradial1883
pleurecbolic1883
pleurembolic1883
byssogenous1886
ctenidial1888
metapodial1890
pseudofaecal1953
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 204 The posterior, byssal foramen of the bivalve.
1866 Intellectual Observer No. 49. 54 The byssal threads.
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