- muscelle
- f (-an/-an) shell-fish, mussel
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
muscelle
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mussel — noun Etymology: Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, from Vulgar Latin *muscula, from Latin musculus muscle, mussel Date: before 12th century 1. a marine bivalve mollusk (especially genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated… … New Collegiate Dictionary
mucxle — see muscelle … Old to modern English dictionary
muscle — see muscelle … Old to modern English dictionary
musle — see muscelle … Old to modern English dictionary
musscel — see muscelle … Old to modern English dictionary
muxle — see muscelle … Old to modern English dictionary
mussel — mus|sel [ˈmʌsəl] n [: Old English; Origin: muscelle, from Latin musculus little mouse, muscle, mussel ( MUSCLE1); because it looks like a mouse] a small sea animal, with a soft body that can be eaten and a black shell that is divided into two… … Dictionary of contemporary English
