Definition of "byssi" []

• A plural of byssus. (noun)

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• "Our recent Pinnæ are all sedentary shells, some of them full two feet in length, fastened to their places on their deep-sea floors by flowing silky byssi, -- cables of many strands, -- of which beautiful pieces of dress, such as gloves and hose, have been manufactured."