edible mussel

English Thesaurus

1. a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	marine mussel, mytilid,
definition	:	marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	mussel,
definition	:	black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus mytilus, mytilus,
definition	:	type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels (noun.animal)