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English noun: mussel

1. mussel (food) black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine


Broader (hypernym)shellfish


Part meronymedible mussel, Mytilus edulis

2. mussel (animal) marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.


Broader (hypernym)bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod


Narrower (hyponym)freshwater clam, freshwater mussel, marine mussel, mytilid









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