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真珠貝
[しんじゅがい]
shinjugai
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
Alternate Written Forms:
黒蝶貝
[くろちょうがい]
kurochougai
English Meanings:
noun
- black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
Alternate Written Forms:
船食虫
[ふなくいむし]
funakuimushi
English Meanings:
noun
- shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
Alternate Written Forms:
鸚鵡貝
[おうむがい]
oumugai
English Meanings:
noun
- chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
Alternate Written Forms:
大王烏賊
[だいおういか]
daiouika
English Meanings:
noun
- giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
角貝
[つのがい]
tsunogai
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- tusk shell
Alternate Written Forms:
葵貝
[あおいがい]
aoigai
English Meanings:
noun
- eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut
- greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)
鳥貝
[とりがい]
torigai
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
とり貝
[とりがい]
torigai
English Meanings:
noun
- Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)
Alternate Written Forms:
蝦蛄
[しゃこ]
shako
青竜蝦
[しゃこ]
shako
English Meanings:
noun
- mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
Alternate Written Forms:
鷓鴣
[しゃこ]
shako
English Meanings:
noun
- francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus)
- partridge (of genus Perdix)
青柳
[あおやぎ]
aoyagi
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
青柳
[あおやなぎ]
aoyanagi
English Meanings:
noun
- green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
Alternate Written Forms:
硨磲
[しゃこ]
shako
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English Meanings:
noun
- giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae)
- giant clam shell
Alternate Written Forms:
大野貝
[おおのがい]
oonogai
English Meanings:
noun
- Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)
Alternate Written Forms:
船食虫
[ふなくいむし]
funakuimushi
English Meanings:
noun
- shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
青貝
[あおがい]
aogai
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- limpet
ばい貝
[ばいがい]
baigai
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- whelk; small water snails
Alternate Written Forms:
烏賊
[いか]
ika
English Meanings:
noun
- cuttlefish; squid