byssus
noun
a collection of silky filaments by which certain mollusks attach themselves to rocks.
byssuses
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pluralof byssus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Eventually the larvae find a surface to their liking and settle down, mooring themselves with sticky, hairlike threads called byssuses.
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