sea silk

noun

An extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus excreted by several molluscs (particularly Pinna nobilis, rough penshell) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed.

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Meanings

nounsea silk (countable and uncountable, plural sea silks)

plural sea silks

  1. countableuncountableAn extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus excreted by several molluscs (particularly Pinna nobilis, rough penshell) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed.

Translations

Finnish merisilkki
  • merisilkkiTranslations
Russian виссо́н
  • виссо́н (vissón)Translations
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APA

sea silk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20silk

MLA

“sea silk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20silk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea silk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20silk.

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