mussel /musˈl/ (formerly also muscle /musˈl/ or muskle /musˈkl/)

1. An edible marine lamellibranch shellfish of the family Mytilidae with a brownish-black elongated oval shell
2. A freshwater lamellibranch of the Unionidae with a slightly flatter shell
3. The shell of any of these
4. A mussel-plum

mussˈelled adjective

Poisoned by eating infected mussels

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