鳥貝
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鳥 | 貝 |
| とり Grade: 2 |
かい > がい Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 鳥 (tori, “bird”) + 貝 (kai, “shellfish”). So called in part because the foot of the mollusc looks a bit like a bird's foot, and because the flavor is similar to chicken.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
鳥貝 or 鳥貝 • (torigai) ←とりがひ (torigafi)?
- a Japanese cockle, an egg cockle: an edible marine bivalve mollusc of family Cardiidae, species Fulvia mutica
See also[edit]
トリガイ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Fulvia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
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