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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

byssal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English byssus Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English byssal From byssus + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves
    • the byssal threads

Deriveds

byssally