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“byss”
byssin, byss
1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
2. A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks; such as the, Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
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bysso-, byss- +
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(Greek: flax)