Etymology

mytiloid

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Today it means: Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae. Full definition →

translingual Mytilus
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  1. translingual · derived fromMytilus“genus of mussels”
  2. English todaymytiloid

translingual Mytilus (“genus of mussels”) + -oid

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