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Byssus

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beardnoun	Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

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Word	Definition
beardnoun	Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
sea silknoun	An extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus excreted by several molluscs (particularly Pinna nobilis, rough penshell) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed.
mermaid's fishing linenoun	Synonym of sea-laces (“the seaweed Chorda filum”).
sea-catgutnoun	Synonym of sea-laces (“the seaweed Chorda filum”).
sea-blubbernoun	Alternative form of sea blubber [A jellyfish; a medusa.]
bathymodiolinenoun	Any mussel of the genus Bathymodiolus
bathybiusnoun	(zoology, obsolete) A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
seed pearlnoun	A tiny, often irregular pearl.
boselliidnoun	Any sea slug of the family Boselliidae
sea twinenoun	Synonym of sea-laces (“the seaweed Chorda filum”).
abyssochrysidnoun	Any sea snail of the family Abyssochrysidae
needle shellnoun	A sea urchin.
sea thongnoun	A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia elongata) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic, with a thong-like forking process rising from a top-shaped base.
sabellanoun	A seaworm of the genus Sabella, around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself.
purple dye murexnoun	A medium-sized predatory sea snail of species Haustellum brandaris, which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.
seamingnoun	The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
bullinidnoun	(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Bullinidae, now considered a synonym for the Aplustridae.
soapfishnoun	Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus
bathymodiolinnoun	(biology) Any of several deep-sea mussels, of the genus Bathymodiolus, often found near hydrothermal vents.
whelknoun	Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.