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<p>128.113.194.131: Typo - &quot;rainment&quot; =&gt; &quot;raiment&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>The term '''byssus''' (sometimes '''byssal thread''', or '''byssus thread''') denotes strong threads secreted by [[mussel]]s to attach to [[rock (geology)|rock]]s and large, generally heavy objects in the [[intertidal zone]]. They range to 6 [[centimetre|centimeters]] in length. <br /> <br /> The term that entered [[English (language) | English]] via [[Greek (language) | Greek]] ''bussos'', meaning ''linen, flax'', from an ultimate [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] root meaning ''linen''.<br /> <br /> Royalty of ancient times favored textiles spun from byssal threads; they called such threads ''sea silk.'' The [[coat|cloak]] of a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Centurion]], the raiment of the [[Egypt|Egyptian]] King [[Tutankhamun]], and the [[golden fleece]] sought by [[Jason and the Argonauts]] have been reputed to have been spun from byssal threads.<br /> <br /> It is of scientific interest what enables byssal threads to adhere so strongly to surfaces, for byssal threads have a powerful [[adhesive|glue]].<br /> <br /> ==External links and references==<br /> <br /> ''General'':<br /> <br /> *[http://www.miljolare.no/virtue/img/Species/pages/Byssus%20threads%20from%20mussel.php A photo]<br /> *[http://www.aquatext.com/images/fish%20etc/byssus.htm Another photo]<br /> *[http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/byssus_history.html History of Sea Byssus cloth]<br /> *[http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/byssus_howto.html How to spin a byssus cloth]<br /> <br /> ''Definitions'':<br /> <br /> *[http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Byssus Webster's defines ''byssus'']<br /> *[http://www.bartleby.com/61/28/B0592800.html American Heritage Dictionary defines ''byssus'']<br /> *[http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=byssus WorldReference.com on the word ''byssus'']<br /> <br /> ''Scientific'':<br /> <br /> *[http://www.sciencenews.org/20040117/fob4.asp ''Science News'' on ''Marine Superglue'']<br /> *[http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/labs/waite/byssus.html Byssus Facts]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animal anatomy]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Byssus]]<br /> [[eo:Bisino]]<br /> [[it:Bisso]]<br /> [[lb:Byssus]]</div>

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