English noun: mussel | |||
1. | mussel (food) black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shellfish | ||
Part meronym | edible 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 | ||