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Noun: mussel  mú-sul
  1. Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
     
  2. Marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.

Sounds like: mu

Derived forms: mussels

Type of: bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod, shellfish

Part of: edible mussel, Mytilus edulis

Encyclopedia: Mussel