noun
blue mussel; common mussel
Scientific/common name for Mytilus edulis, a widely consumed marine bivalve.
ヨーロッパイガイはヨーロッパ原産の二枚貝です。
The blue mussel is a bivalve native to Europe.
この海岸ではヨーロッパイガイがよく養殖されています。
Blue mussels are commonly farmed along this coast.
ムラサキイガイ (Mytilus galloprovincialis) is a closely related Mediterranean mussel species, often confused with ヨーロッパイガイ.
From ヨーロッパ (Europe) + イガイ (mussel). イガイ is a native Japanese word for mussels, written here in katakana as part of the compound.