An area of the seabed or a riverbed in which a dense population of mussels is found.
the bay itself was sandy with large mussel beds
Example sentencesExamples
- Mussel beds are an important feature of healthy rivers and streams.
- The constricted valley results in an overall swifter river and an ideal habitat for massive mussel beds.
- The prevailing marine life is a mussel bed which has grown over the wreck.
- A good mussel bed is good for fishing.
- Some areas are covered with thick juvenile mussel beds on which abundant starfish graze.
- Large mussel beds are also common in many areas.
- The tide was out revealing an expanse of mud and mussel beds.
- Edible crabs sat feasting on a mussel bed that covered a small ledge.
- The owners of the dredgers wish to be close to the area of sea bed where their mussel beds are planted.
- The bay itself was sandy with large mussel beds.