mussel

Example Sentences

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Supriyanto, 32, is a green mussel trader and once bought from local fishermen who harvested the shellfish offshore.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

On Wednesday, they served a mussel dish with garlic confit and serrano chili developed by his breakfast sous chef.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

A particularly worrisome mussel species has entered North America for the first time through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — sparking what many are calling an immediate threat to California’s most significant watersheds.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

Paige Hawkins said while her partner was eating a mussel at seafood restaurant The Quayside in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, he "found something really hard and... pulled it out of his mouth".

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

And as the dinghy rocks in the growing current, I see the rope holding it to the pole begin to fray against a cluster of sharp mussel shells.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman