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Record 1 1996-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A tuft of long tough filaments secreted by a gland in a groove of the foot of certain bivalve mollusks (as those of the genera Pinna and Mytilus), issuing from between the valves, and serving as the means whereby the mollusk attaches itself to rocks or other foreign bodies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Faisceau de fils soyeux sécrétés par une glande située dans le pied de certains mollusques bivalves et qui sert à l'animal à se fixer ou à construire une sorte de nid. (Seuls quelques genres tel que mytilus [moule] [...] sécrètent un byssus.)

CONT

Le byssus de la moule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
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