Word Meaning 螺貝

つぶがい tsubugai

螺貝 is read as つぶがい (tsubugai) and means whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.).

Meaning

English

whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

Reading

Kana

つぶがい

Romaji

tsubugai

Writing Variants

つぶ貝 つぶがい tsubugai
ツブ貝 つぶがい tsubugai
粒貝つぶがい tsubugai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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砑螺貝

つめたがい

bladder moon shell (Glossaulax didyma)

螺旋

らせん

screw

貝

かい

shellfish

巻き貝

まきがい

snail

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)

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)

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)

水字貝

すいじがい

spider conch (Lambis chiragra)