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ZEBRA MUSSEL

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• ZEBRA MUSSEL (noun)
The noun ZEBRA MUSSEL has 1 sense:

1. inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels

Familiarity information: ZEBRA MUSSEL used as a noun is very rare.

• ZEBRA MUSSEL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dreissena polymorpha; zebra mussel

Hypernyms ("zebra mussel" is a kind of...):

freshwater clam; freshwater mussel (bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States)

Holonyms ("zebra mussel" is a member of...):

Dreissena; genus Dreissena (zebra mussels)

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