Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large dark-brown mussel, Lampsilis ligamentinus, found in the Mississippi river and used in the manufacture of pearl buttons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various species of
mussels , especially those in the Lampsilis genus.
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Examples
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In addition, two federally endangered mussel species, the pink mucket, Lampsilis orbiculata, and the fat pocketbook, Potamilus capax, have been collected from this stream.
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The pink mucket and the fat pocketbook mussels, both federally listed as endangered, have been collected from the Bayou.
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Of those, a few made up the lion's share of trade, among them the yellow sandshell, the black sandshell, the pocketbook, and the mucket.
hernesheir commented on the word mucket
I own a bracelet made of Victorian shoe buttons fashioned from mucket shells.
November 18, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word mucket
Of course you do. :-)
November 18, 2010