mytiloid

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adjective

Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivemytiloid (comparative more mytiloid, superlative most mytiloid)

comparative more mytiloid · superlative most mytiloid

  1. biologyResembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.
nounmytiloid (plural mytiloids)

plural mytiloids

  1. A member of the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.

Origin

  1. translingualMytilus“genus of mussels”
  2. Englishmytiloid

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

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APA

mytiloid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mytiloid

MLA

“mytiloid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mytiloid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mytiloid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mytiloid.

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