フクロノリ

noun

oyster thief; pocket thief; brown algae (Colpomenia sinuosa)

A species of brown algae that forms hollow, bladder-like sacs. The English common names 'oyster thief' and 'pocket thief' refer to its tendency to envelop small objects. Used in biological and culinary contexts.

• フクロノリは潮ちょう間かん帯たいの岩いわに付ふ着ちゃくして育そだつ褐かっ藻そうです。

  Oyster thief is a brown algae that grows attached to rocks in the intertidal zone.

• この辺あたりではフクロノリを味み噌そ汁しるの具ぐにすることもある。

  Around here, they sometimes put oyster thief in miso soup.