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horse mussel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
horse -mus-sel
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A northern horse mussel, any member of the species Modiolus modiolus of mussels of northern waters of Europe and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America

noun

Any in subfamily Modiolinae of mussels.

noun

Atrina squamifera, of South Africa

noun

Atrina zelandica, a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m depth with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell covered with hollow spines.

New Zealand usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

horse mussels (plural)

Phrases

bearded horse mussel boring horse mussel broad horse mussel elongate horse mussel fat horse mussel furrowed horse mussel little black horse mussel rhomboid horse mussel

Questions

What does horse mussel mean?
A northern horse mussel, any member of the species Modiolus modiolus of mussels of northern waters of Europe and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America

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