mytilus edulis

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   a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks

   Synonymsedible mussel

   Broadermarine mussel

   Part ofMytilus

   Partsmussel

Questions about mytilus edulis

What does mytilus edulis mean?

mytilus edulis means "a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks".

What is another word for mytilus edulis?

Close synonyms include edible mussel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mytilus edulis a common word?

mytilus edulis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.