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mussel

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /


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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

The Species in Peril report warns others could face a similar fate, including the high brown fritillary butterfly and rainbow-coloured Snowdon leaf beetle, Arctic-Alpine pea mussel, woolly feather-moss and eyed chestnut wrinkle-lichen.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

The amphipod was discovered at a depth of 2,602 meters in a mussel bed within the Galápagos Rift hydrothermal vent fields.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2025

Even more varied and underappreciated than the salamander is the freshwater mussel.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Blue mussels have begun colonising her lines, and fish cluster beneath them, drawing seabirds overhead.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

The Appalachian springsnail hasn’t been documented in Washington County since the ’90s—not that many people have been looking—and the mussels live in the Potomac River, separated from the warehouse by Semple Run and Conococheague Creek.

From Slate Apr. 27, 2026

They say the mussels have disappeared because of the plant's wastewater.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

The lineup is spectacular: scallops, mussels, snow crab leg meat and claws, cod, lobster tails and claws — all pristine, fresh, and ready to be devoured.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

Dicey sent James and Maybeth on to gather mussels and clams and firewood.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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