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Byssus Meaning In Urdu

Byssus Meaning in English to Urdu is کتانہ, as written in Urdu and Katana, as written in Roman Urdu. Accurate Byssus Translation, Synonyms and Antonyms.

Definitions of Byssus

n. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.

n. A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.

n. An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

n. Asbestus.

Form Noun, Plural Byssuses, Byssi [bis-ahy] /ˈbɪs Aɪ/ (Show IPA)

How To Spell Byssus [bis-uh s]

Origin of Byssus Late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin.