pea mussel
noun
A small, brownish, rounded freshwater bivalve mollusc of the genus Pisidium (family Sphaeriidae or Pisidiidae), having fused siphons.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Science News.
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- mount guard
- Mountie
- Mountie hat
- Mountie's hat
- mounting
- mounting block
- mounting board
- mounting bracket
- mountingly
- mounting paper
- mounting point
- mounting ring
- Mount Isa
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- Mount of Piety
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