ぼたんえび

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼたんえび – see the following entry.

【牡丹海老】 [noun] botan shrimp, Pandalus nipponensis, a species of shrimp regularly used in Japan for sushi Alternative spellings 牡丹蝦, ボタンエビ

(This term, ぼたんえび (botan'ebi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)