mussel
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈmʌsəl/
:
mejillón
- Filet of sole with mussels, for a change.
- eat mussels
- oysters and mussels
- clams and mussels
The ones we eat, they're scallops, mussels, cockles, oysters, things like that.
- The ones we eat, they're scallops, mussels, cockles, oysters, things like that.
- This can be shrimp, this can be mussels, clams, oysters.
- This is mussels, oysters, and clams.
- You could literally get your heme iron from clams, oysters and mussels and from eggs.
- The rays decimated the mollusk population and destroyed the mussel and scallop industry.
- And I think the British don't eat enough mussels and clams and oysters, which are does lobster go in that?
- I'm probably eating the freshest mussels I've ever had because they came from this sea and now they're in this pan on the table and they smell amazing.
- As I'm sure you've heard everybody say those are mussels.
- And you're eating canned smoked mussels.
Examples
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In Macau, he and his father had ordered bowls of steamed mussels from a street vendor.
Fiction book (1991) -
You never had mussels in white wine sauce?
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Oh, wait, hold on, the mussels are ready.
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Yeah, See, I ate a bunch of mussels for dinner.
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Alright, here we go. Mussels and seafood pasta.
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I reckon we can get the mussels in and give them a really good stir.
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Marguerite bought the mussels in town at Frenchie Tyler's fish shop.
Fiction book (1998) -
So today we are making steamed mussels in a butter and Dijon mustard sauce.
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The chef served a delicious dish of mussels cooked in garlic and white wine.
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On the weekend, we enjoyed a seafood feast that included steamed mussels with lemon.
Synonyms
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5.6
A soft-bodied animal like a snail or clam that often has a shell
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2.2
Meat from sea animals with a shell, like crab or clams
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6.3
A water animal with a soft body inside two hinged shells, like a clam or oyster
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7.5
A small water animal with a striped shell that clogs pipes and harms native animals
A sea animal with two shells that clings to rocks or other hard surfaces
A sea animal like a mussel with two long dark shells that attaches to rocks
A group of sea mussels with smooth shells like the blue mussel
A group of sea mussels with smooth shells like blue mussels
A scientific name for a group of small sea mussels
A common edible mussel with a dark blue or black shell that clings to rocks on coasts
A small sea animal with a hard shell that people can eat
A shell animal with two shells that lives in rivers and lakes
A shellfish with a thin fragile shell that can be easily crushed
A shellfish with a shiny inner shell often used to make mother-of-pearl
Compounds
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7.5
A small water animal with a striped shell that clogs pipes and harms native animals
- Specialized
A very small water animal that has a hard shell like a mussel and a body like a small shrimp
- Specialized
A shellfish with a thin fragile shell that can be easily crushed
How Prized
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mussel may come from the Latin word musculus, which means 'little mouse', because people thought the shellfish looked like a tiny mouse hiding in its shell, and the same root also gives English muscle. A helpful way to remember mussel is to picture that small mouse-shaped shellfish, which explains the name.