Word Meaning 横海老

よこえび yokoebi

横海老 is read as よこえび (yokoebi) and means gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea).

Meaning

English

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

Reading

Kana

よこえび

Romaji

yokoebi

Writing Variants

横蝦よこえび yokoebi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Rank 131351 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

海老

えび

prawn

手長海老

てながえび

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

大正海老

たいしょうえび

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)

北国赤海老

ほっこくあかえび

northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

大海老

おおえび

lobster

北海海老

ほっかいえび

Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)

車海老

くるまえび

kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)

赤海老

あかえび

whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata)

オマール海老

おまーるえび

lobster

バナメイ海老

ばなめいえび

whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

牛海老

うしえび

giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon)

箱海老

はこえび

Japanese spear lobster (Linuparus trigonus)