mytiloid
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Mytiloid — Myt i*loid, a. [Mytilus + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus {Mytilus}, or family {Mytilid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mytiliform — adj. [L. mytilus, sea mussel; forma, shape] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In aquatic Hemiptera, the shell shaped swimming feet. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Having the form of a mussel shell; mytiloid; shell shaped like the genus Mytilus … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mytilid — n. mussel. ♦ mytiliform, ♦ mytiloid, a … Dictionary of difficult words
