Mussel
noun
A kind of sea creature with a shell that is often eaten as food.
She ordered a large bowl of mussels for dinner at the restaurant.
Often appears as...
- eat mussels
- cook mussels
noun
A type of small, edible clam or marine bivalve.
Mussels are often served in a white wine sauce.
Often appears as...
- mussel farming
- blue mussels
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Academic
noun
An object that looks like a mussel shell, used to remove or hold heat.
I use a mussel to hold the iron when it's hot.
Often appears as...
- use a mussel
- hold the mussel
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Technical
noun
A kind of sea creature with a shell that is often eaten as food.
She ordered a large bowl of mussels for dinner at the restaurant.
Often appears as...
- eat mussels
- cook mussels
noun
A type of small, edible clam or marine bivalve.
Mussels are often served in a white wine sauce.
Often appears as...
- mussel farming
- blue mussels
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An object that looks like a mussel shell, used to remove or hold heat.
I use a mussel to hold the iron when it's hot.
Often appears as...
- use a mussel
- hold the mussel
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Term
Refers to shellfish often used in seafood dishes, considered a delicacy.
The chef specializes in preparing mussels with garlic and herbs.
Pro Tip 2/3Menu Item
Commonly found listed under appetizers or entrees in restaurants.
Could you recommend a white wine to pair with the mussels?
Pro Tip 3/3Allergy Warning
People allergic to shellfish must avoid eating mussels due to severe reactions.
Make sure the soup doesn't contain mussels; I'm allergic to shellfish.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Term
Refers to shellfish often used in seafood dishes, considered a delicacy.
The chef specializes in preparing mussels with garlic and herbs.
Pro Tip 2/3Menu Item
Commonly found listed under appetizers or entrees in restaurants.
Could you recommend a white wine to pair with the mussels?
Pro Tip 3/3Allergy Warning
People allergic to shellfish must avoid eating mussels due to severe reactions.
Make sure the soup doesn't contain mussels; I'm allergic to shellfish.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Term
Refers to shellfish often used in seafood dishes, considered a delicacy.
The chef specializes in preparing mussels with garlic and herbs.
Pro Tip 2/3Menu Item
Commonly found listed under appetizers or entrees in restaurants.
Could you recommend a white wine to pair with the mussels?
Pro Tip 3/3Allergy Warning
People allergic to shellfish must avoid eating mussels due to severe reactions.
Make sure the soup doesn't contain mussels; I'm allergic to shellfish.
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
What it would do is it would drill a hole. It would bore a little hole into the shells of those barnacles and mussels. It will inject this enzyme deep into the the body, Which will sort of digest it for it and turn it into a liquid soup. And then it has this tube structure thing called a proboscis, which it uses to suck out all that
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A Quest to Find Canada’s...
diet comes from the ocean they fish barnacles mussels clams even washed-up whales they live this incredible existence and this particular day will stay with me forever because it was the first time I'd ever got close to a coastal wolf up to this point every time I tried to sneak up on them or get close
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What sticky sea...
we've put some of the adhesion chemistry from the mussels. So because we've got the corn and we've got the mussels, we call this our surf-and-turf polymer. And it sticks. It sticks really well. It's very strong. It's also bio-based. That's nice. But maybe more importantly, here, it's also degradable;
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The four fish we're...
Mussels and other bivalves do tremendous amounts of water filtration. A single mussel can filter dozens of gallons every single day. And this is incredibly important when we look at the world. Right now, nitrification, overuse of phosphates in our waterways are causing tremendous algal blooms.
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Saving the Creepy...
captivity from zoos and wildlife sanctuaries to rehab centers and even private collections joel has taken pictures of small animals a cumberlandian comb shell mussel the key largo cotton mouse and a japanese trapdoor snail he's taken photos of large animals too
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Sequencing genomes to...
deprivation and massive fish death it's very bad in fact ecologists report that locations invaded by the golden mussel become are almost genius over time which in biology is bad because it means less diversity and the biodiversity is the life-support
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What’s so great about...
such as zebra and quagga mussels, and sea lampreys that have decimated some indigenous fish populations. On a larger scale, climate change is causing the waters to warm, thus reducing water levels and changing the distribution of aquatic life.
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Shipwreck From Explorer...
a storm from the north wrecked two of the ships and the soldiery brothers mussels onto a reef we were the first people to discover this shipwreck and the reason being because it was such a remote part of the world its son an
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The sharks that hunt in...
fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles,
Video examples
Harvesting Mussels In...
for harvesting time here that is amazing and there how far down there about eight meters deep Wow before they're ready to cook the mussels must first be put through an extensive
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
What it would do is it would drill a hole. It would bore a little hole into the shells of those barnacles and mussels. It will inject this enzyme deep into the the body, Which will sort of digest it for it and turn it into a liquid soup. And then it has this tube structure thing called a proboscis, which it uses to suck out all that
Video examples
A Quest to Find Canada’s...
diet comes from the ocean they fish barnacles mussels clams even washed-up whales they live this incredible existence and this particular day will stay with me forever because it was the first time I'd ever got close to a coastal wolf up to this point every time I tried to sneak up on them or get close
Video examples
What sticky sea...
we've put some of the adhesion chemistry from the mussels. So because we've got the corn and we've got the mussels, we call this our surf-and-turf polymer. And it sticks. It sticks really well. It's very strong. It's also bio-based. That's nice. But maybe more importantly, here, it's also degradable;
Video examples
The four fish we're...
Mussels and other bivalves do tremendous amounts of water filtration. A single mussel can filter dozens of gallons every single day. And this is incredibly important when we look at the world. Right now, nitrification, overuse of phosphates in our waterways are causing tremendous algal blooms.
Video examples
Saving the Creepy...
captivity from zoos and wildlife sanctuaries to rehab centers and even private collections joel has taken pictures of small animals a cumberlandian comb shell mussel the key largo cotton mouse and a japanese trapdoor snail he's taken photos of large animals too
Video examples
Sequencing genomes to...
deprivation and massive fish death it's very bad in fact ecologists report that locations invaded by the golden mussel become are almost genius over time which in biology is bad because it means less diversity and the biodiversity is the life-support
Video examples
What’s so great about...
such as zebra and quagga mussels, and sea lampreys that have decimated some indigenous fish populations. On a larger scale, climate change is causing the waters to warm, thus reducing water levels and changing the distribution of aquatic life.
Video examples
Shipwreck From Explorer...
a storm from the north wrecked two of the ships and the soldiery brothers mussels onto a reef we were the first people to discover this shipwreck and the reason being because it was such a remote part of the world its son an
Video examples
The sharks that hunt in...
fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles,
Video examples
Harvesting Mussels In...
for harvesting time here that is amazing and there how far down there about eight meters deep Wow before they're ready to cook the mussels must first be put through an extensive
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Quote examples
Andrew Zimmern
American Critic
As a young boy growing up in New York City, we would spend our summers on the South Fork of Long Island. My dad would take me down to the beach at low tide. We would walk a mile down to the jetties, and he would lower me by my ankles into the crevices between the massive boulders to grab at huge ropes of mussels.
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Elise Stefanik
American Politician
Zebra mussels like to hitch a ride on boats when they're transferred from one body of water to another. It's important to make sure to thoroughly clean your boat each time it leaves the water to ensure these invasive mussels are removed and that you are not spreading them to your next location.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
Life lives on life - it is cruel, but it is God's will. And it is for our good, of course, because if there weren't little animals to eat up the young mussels, our canals would be choked by those shellfish, for each mother has more than a thousand young ones at a time!
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Jim Himes
American Politician
I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early spring. I particularly like to go out when there is a below-average ebb tide because that exposes clamming grounds and oysters that are usually under water.
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Rick Stein
English Chef
In Australia you're not allowed to go down to the beach and eat anything from the rocks. You just can't do it - help yourself to mussels and things like that because there's hardly any left and the government has now legislated against it.
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Vanessa Williams
American Actress
When Cuba Gooding Jr. and I were doing 'The Trip to Bountiful,' we would always go to BXL, a Belgian restaurant/bar. It was across the street from the theater, and they have amazing mussels.
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Jim Himes
American Politician
I make a wicked clam chowdah, and linguine with clam sauce. Oysters I like to eat raw, and mussels in either a white wine sauce or in beer with paprika.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
Sometimes I feel very young, and other times I feel like the side of a ship that's got a bunch of layers of mussels and barnacles on it.
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Meghan Markle
American Actress
For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.
Quote examples
Andrew Zimmern
American Critic
I can tell everything about a restaurant through their mussels. You have to work so hard to keep them perfect.
Quote examples
Andrew Zimmern
American Critic
As a young boy growing up in New York City, we would spend our summers on the South Fork of Long Island. My dad would take me down to the beach at low tide. We would walk a mile down to the jetties, and he would lower me by my ankles into the crevices between the massive boulders to grab at huge ropes of mussels.
Quote examples
Elise Stefanik
American Politician
Zebra mussels like to hitch a ride on boats when they're transferred from one body of water to another. It's important to make sure to thoroughly clean your boat each time it leaves the water to ensure these invasive mussels are removed and that you are not spreading them to your next location.
Quote examples
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
Life lives on life - it is cruel, but it is God's will. And it is for our good, of course, because if there weren't little animals to eat up the young mussels, our canals would be choked by those shellfish, for each mother has more than a thousand young ones at a time!
Quote examples
Jim Himes
American Politician
I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early spring. I particularly like to go out when there is a below-average ebb tide because that exposes clamming grounds and oysters that are usually under water.
Quote examples
Rick Stein
English Chef
In Australia you're not allowed to go down to the beach and eat anything from the rocks. You just can't do it - help yourself to mussels and things like that because there's hardly any left and the government has now legislated against it.
Quote examples
Vanessa Williams
American Actress
When Cuba Gooding Jr. and I were doing 'The Trip to Bountiful,' we would always go to BXL, a Belgian restaurant/bar. It was across the street from the theater, and they have amazing mussels.
Quote examples
Jim Himes
American Politician
I make a wicked clam chowdah, and linguine with clam sauce. Oysters I like to eat raw, and mussels in either a white wine sauce or in beer with paprika.
Quote examples
John Darnielle
American Musician
Sometimes I feel very young, and other times I feel like the side of a ship that's got a bunch of layers of mussels and barnacles on it.
Quote examples
Meghan Markle
American Actress
For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.
Quote examples
Andrew Zimmern
American Critic
I can tell everything about a restaurant through their mussels. You have to work so hard to keep them perfect.
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