BYSSI
10
Scrabble
10
WWF
B(3) Y(4) S(1) S(1) I(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
noun
- An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, the word was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk.
- 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.
- The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.
Source: Wiktionary
