Word Meaning まべ貝

まべがい mabegai

まべ貝 is read as まべがい (mabegai) and means penguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin).

Meaning

English

  1. penguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin)

Reading

Kana

まべがい

Romaji

mabegai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 142318 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

かい

shellfish

巻き貝

まきがい

snail

大野貝

おおのがい

Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)

子安貝

こやすがい

cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana)

三味線貝

しゃみせんがい

lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)

水字貝

すいじがい

spider conch (Lambis chiragra)

秋田貝

あきたがい

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

小玉貝

こたまがい

Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)

三角貝

さんかくがい

trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)

一ノ貝

いちのかい

kanji "big shell" radical

生貝

なまがい

raw shellfish

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)