How To Use byssus In A Sentence
- In Ave byssus castitatis, up to the last line the words are in alphabetical order. Archive 2009-06-01
- On the day of the experiment, the shell was opened, the anterior byssus retractor muscle was exposed, and the pedal ganglia removed.
- The illustration shows a rare species, several specimens of which were found attached to the mooring-chain of a buoy by what is known as the "byssus," a bunch of tough fibres which passes through an hiatus in the margins of the valves. Tropic Days
- Chromis abyssus – a beautiful species of damselfish made it to the top 10 representing the first taxonomic act of 2008 and the first act registered in the newly launched taxonomic database Zoobank. Top 10 New Species | Impact Lab
- The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (byssus).
- If we understand it of thread, it may refer to the byssus or fine flax for which Egypt was famous; but I do not see on what authority we translate it linen thread.
- In large part, moving food along the alimentary tract is a matter of smooth muscle functioning, and Pavlov decided to investigate the byssus retractor, the smooth muscle that Mytilus edulis, the common mussel, uses to close its shell. MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION
- The strength of the entire byssus is expected to be proportional to the number of threads times the average strength of each thread.
- Then comes a period of rest, obtained by using the long thread or 'byssus' (B) as a float, this thread being thrown out along the surface of the water. Chatterbox, 1906
- Before serving them to the knots, we put the mussels through a mesh to break the byssus threads that held them together and to sort them by size.