noun
- a type of shellfish with a dark, elongated shell that lives in both saltwater and freshwater
Examples
- We collected mussels from the rocks at low tide.
- The restaurant serves steamed mussels in white wine sauce.
- Freshwater mussels help filter pollutants from rivers and lakes.
- She carefully scraped the barnacles off the mussel shells.
- The chef added garlic and herbs to the mussel broth.
- Zebra mussels are an invasive species in the Great Lakes.