Meanings of byssus in inglês

Two polyphenolic protein precursors of the byssus have been purified from the foot.

They are evidently of the nature of a byssus.

The byssus of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha is the key element of its adhesive strategy.

He sat bare-headed beneath a parasol of byssus which was carried by a Negro behind him.

The infection ultimately results in the loss of the byssus, with serious consequences for mussel farming yield.

And to meet them he put on bright and gorgeous garments, that glittered with yellow gold-and-scarletbyssus.

From her shoulders fell a long full robe of purple byssus, over an underdress of white which readied the knee.

The microscopical examinations of mummy-bandages made by Dr. Ure and Prof. Czermak have proved that byssus is linen, not cotton.

On rubbing them I found the red colour external and distinct from the stone; in fact, it was a red byssus.

Instead of extracting proteins from byssus, we directly use the protein solution from alive blue mussels, which are intensely commercially used.

They were held by the wax and exuded byssus of the home-grubs, colossal maggoting larvae that the khepri used to reshape their dwellings.

Byssus floats on the sea in the day, and sinks in the night

The warmth of the Byssus, like that of silk, is probably owing to their being bad conductors of heat, as well as of electricity.

Chara, Fucus, Diva and Conferva, and in part Tremella and Byssus-would to-day, in any sense in which the term is employed, be regarded as algae.

Two polyphenolic protein precursors of the byssus have been purified from the foot.

They are evidently of the nature of a byssus.