mytilid
- noun
- Specialized
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mejillón
- Large populations of mytilid mussels thrive in rocky intertidal areas.
Examples
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Scientists observed that mytilid larvae settled preferentially on submerged pilings.
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The mytilid clung to the rocks in the tidal pool.
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The study focused on the feeding habits of mytilid species along the coast.
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Many mytilids thrive in coastal waters.
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Large populations of mytilid mussels thrive in rocky intertidal areas.
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The study focused on the feeding habits of mytilid species along the coast.
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The mytilid clung to the rocks in the tidal pool.
Synonyms
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A sea or river animal with a dark long shell that people eat
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A water animal with a soft body inside two hinged shells, like a clam or oyster
A sea animal with two shells that clings to rocks or other hard surfaces
A group of sea mussels with smooth shells like the blue mussel
An animal with a soft body and two shells like a clam or oyster
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mytilid comes from the scientific name Mytilus, which comes from the Greek mytilos meaning 'mussel', and the ending -id means 'belonging to'. So a mytilid is a mussel of that family, the dark, elongated shellfish you often find attached to rocks and pilings.