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Zebra Mussel

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Noun

1. dreissena polymorpha, zebra mussel

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Zebra Mussel

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noun
Canadian
a small striped variety of mussel

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Zebra Mussel

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a small, European freshwater mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) that clusters densely on surfaces, clogging water-supply lines, encrusting boat hulls, etc.: it was carried to North America in the mid-1980s and has since spread through the Great Lakes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Zebra Mussel

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n.
A small freshwater mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) usually having a striped shell, native to the Black and Caspian Seas but now widespread in European and North American lakes and rivers.

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