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Noun: edible mussel
  1. A mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks
    "They collected edible mussels from the rocky coastline";
    - Mytilus edulis

Derived forms: edible mussels

Type of: marine mussel, mytilid

Part of: genus Mytilus, Mytilus