What is the meaning of Byssus?

The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.

Sea silk manufactured from these filaments.

The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.

byssus or sea silk

Source: wiktionary.org

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