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blue mussel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common mussel

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: midhje — Mytilus edulis
  • Asturian: moxón — Mytilus edulis
  • Asturian: morción — Mytilus edulis
  • Catalan: musclo — Mytilus edulis
  • Catalan: clòtxina — Mytilus edulis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 藍貝 /蓝贝 (laam4 bui3) — Mytilus edulis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藍貝 /蓝贝 (lánbèi) — Mytilus edulis
  • Danish: blåmusling — Mytilus edulis
  • Esperanto: mitulo — Mytilus edulis
  • Faroese: kræklingur — Mytilus edulis
  • Finnish: sinisimpukka — Mytilus edulis
  • French: moule bleue — Mytilus edulis
  • French: moule commune — Mytilus edulis
  • Galician: mexillón — Mytilus edulis
  • German: Miesmuschel — Mytilus edulis
  • Hungarian: kékkagyló — Mytilus edulis
  • Hungarian: ehető kékkagyló — Mytilus edulis
  • Icelandic: kræklingur — Mytilus edulis
  • Irish: diúilicín — Mytilus edulis
  • Irish: iascán — Mytilus edulis
  • Italian: mitilo — Mytilus edulis
  • Italian: cozza — Mytilus edulis
  • Italian: muscolo — Mytilus edulis
  • Italian: peocio — Mytilus edulis
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパ貽貝 (yōroppaigai) — Mytilus edulis
  • Latin: musculus — Mytilus edulis
  • Latin: mitulus — Mytilus edulis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåskjell — Mytilus edulis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåskjel — Mytilus edulis
  • Polish: omułek — Mytilus edulis
  • Portuguese: mexilhão — Mytilus edulis
  • Romanian: midie — Mytilus edulis
  • Russian: ми́дия (mídija) — Mytilus edulis
  • Russian: ми́дия съедо́бная (mídija sʺjedóbnaja) — Mytilus edulis
  • Serbo-Croatian: dagnja — Mytilus edulis
  • Slovak: slávka — Mytilus edulis
  • Slovak: slávka jedlá — Mytilus edulis
  • Spanish: mejillón — Mytilus edulis
  • Spanish: choro — Mytilus edulis
  • Swedish: blåmussla — Mytilus edulis
  • Turkish: mavi midye — Mytilus edulis
  • Welsh: cragen las — Mytilus edulis
  • Welsh: misgl — Mytilus edulis