zebra mussel

noun

1. a small striped freshwater mussel from NE Europe, Dreissena polymorpha: introduced to the Great Lakes in the 1980s and deleteriously affecting water pipes, other fauna, etc.

zebra mussel

noun

1. a small striped variety of mussel

Example Sentences

Wildlife officials have noted that the golden mussel can survive in considerably lower-calcium waters than either the quagga or zebra mussel, which have caused quite a few problems across lakes and reservoirs in California, as well as in the Great Lakes region and in many other lakes across the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

"We have observed for years, there's been increases in the zebra mussel, there's decreasing juvenile fish success, there's changes to the lough, over the last five or six years the decline in the lough fly has been well documented and the Mysis shrimp has more or less disappeared from our surveys."

From BBC

Meanwhile, almost two decades ago the zebra mussel, an invasive species, invaded the lough.

From BBC

Almost two decades ago the zebra mussel invaded the lough.

From BBC

Almost two decades ago the zebra mussel invaded the lough.

From BBC