Word Meaning 葵貝

あおいがい aoigai

葵貝 is read as あおいがい (aoigai) and means eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut.

Meaning

English

eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut
greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)

Reading

Kana

あおいがい

Romaji

aoigai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)

本美之主貝

ほんびのすがい

quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)

松葉貝

まつばがい

Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)

海松食貝

みるくいがい

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

熊の子貝

くまのこがい

Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)

美之主貝

びのすがい

Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)

貝

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)