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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling a byssus; consisting of fine silky filaments; resembling cobwebs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

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  • adjective Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.

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byssus +‎ -aceous

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