noun🔗Share古代の非常に細かく貴重な繊維または布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 museum displayed a fragment of ancient Egyptian linen, identified as made from prized byssus. "博物館は、貴重なビサスで作られたと特定された古代エジプトのリネンの断片を展示しました。materialhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareビサス、絹糸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."Divers carefully collected the byssus from the Pinna nobilis clams, knowing that these silky threads would be spun into valuable sea silk. "ダイバーは、これらの絹糸が貴重な海絹に紡がれることを知って、ピンナ・ノビリスの貝からビサスを注意深く収集しました。animalmaterialoceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share特に細くて糸状の、一部の菌類の柄または茎The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like."While observing the mold growing on the forgotten orange in the fridge, I noticed a delicate, cottony network of byssus connecting the fruit to the fuzzy patches. "冷蔵庫の中で忘れられたオレンジに生えているカビを観察していると、果実をふわふわしたパッチに繋ぐ、繊細で綿のようなバイサスのネットワークに気づいた。biologyplantorganismnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
