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 | ||