a. [f. BYSS-US + -AL 1.] Of or belonging to the byssus of mollusks.
1854. Woodward, Mollusca (1856), 204. The posterior, byssal foramen of the bivalve.
1866. Intell. Observ., No. 49. 54. The byssal threads.
a. [f. BYSS-US + -AL 1.] Of or belonging to the byssus of mollusks.
1854. Woodward, Mollusca (1856), 204. The posterior, byssal foramen of the bivalve.
1866. Intell. Observ., No. 49. 54. The byssal threads.
