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bai
noun

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[ばい(貝)]
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English Meaning(s) for ばい

noun
  1. Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell
  2. spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
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Definition and Synonyms for ばい

Mollusc invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Synonyms: ばい, 貝, 貝類, 軟体動物
Shellfish meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Synonyms: ばい, 甲殻類, 貝, 貝類
Shell the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Synonyms: がら, ばい, シェル, 介殻, 兜, 卵, 外殻, 殻, 殻, 甲, 甲, 甲, 甲殻, 甲羅, 貝, 貝殻, 鎧

Categories ばい is a member of

Invertebrate any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
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Animal Material material derived from animals
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Seafood edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
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