English-Thai Dictionary
byssus
N ผ้า โบรา ณ par-bo-ran
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BYSSUS
n.[L. byssus; Gr. fine linen, or cotton. ] The asbestus, composed of parallel fibers, is by some called by this name.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BYSSUS
Bys "sus, n.; pl. E. Byssuses (#); L. Byssi.(#) Etym: [L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr.
1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin. ]
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
3. (Bot. )
Defn: An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
4. Asbestus.
New American Oxford Dictionary
byssus
bys sus |ˈbisəs ˈbɪsəs | ▶noun ( pl. byssuses or byssi |ˈbisī | ) 1 historical a fine textile fiber and fabric of flax. 2 Zoology a tuft of tough silky filaments by which mussels and some other bivalves adhere to rocks and other objects: [ as modifier ] : byssus threads. DERIVATIVES bys sal |-səl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin.
Oxford Dictionary
byssus
byssus |ˈbɪsəs | ▶noun ( pl. byssuses or byssi |-sʌɪ | ) 1 [ mass noun ] historical a fine textile fibre and fabric of flax. 2 Zoology a tuft of tough silky filaments by which mussels and some other bivalves adhere to rocks and other objects. DERIVATIVES byssal adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin.
Duden Dictionary
Byssus
Bys sus Substantiv, maskulin , der |B y ssus |griechisch-lateinisch 1 kostbares, zartes Leinen- oder Seidengewebe des Altertums z. B. ägyptische Mumienbinden 2 ® feines Baumwollgewebe für Leibwäsche 3 Haftfäden mehrerer Muschelarten als Muschelseide verarbeitet
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