mus‧sel /ˈmʌs
əl/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: muscelle, from Latin musculus 'little mouse, muscle, mussel' ( ⇒ muscle1); because it looks like a mouse]
a small sea animal with a soft body that can be eaten and a black shell that is divided into two parts
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