byssogenousadj.
/bɪˈsɒdʒɪnəs/ That (normally) produces a byssus.
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pedal1625
sinistral1803
lingual1826
byssiferous1835
pallial1836
metapodal1853
byssal1854
boreal1856
branchio-parietal1856
odontophorous1870
odontophoral1877
branchio-pallial1880
lentigerous1883
osphradial1883
pleurecbolic1883
pleurembolic1883
byssogenous1886
ctenidial1888
metapodial1890
pseudofaecal1953
1886 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1885 i. 777 Lamellibranchs generally exhibit more or less well marked traces of this byssogenous apparatus.
1895 Cambr. Nat. Hist. III. 453 Foot with byssogenous slit, but no byssus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1886- thickest
- thicket
- thicket-haunting
- thicket-maze
- thicketed
- thicketful
- thickethaunting
- thicketmaze
- thickets
- thickety
- thickeyed
- thickfingered
- thickflaming
- thickfleeced
- thickfold
- thickfoliaged
- thickgrowing
- thickgrown
- thickhaired
- thickhead
- thickheaded
- thickheaded mullet
- thickheaded shrike
- thickheadedes
- thickheadedness