Word Meaning 鸚鵡貝

おうむがい oumugai

鸚鵡貝 is read as おうむがい (oumugai) and means chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius).

Meaning

English

chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

Reading

Kana

おうむがい

Romaji

oumugai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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鸚鵡病

おうむびょう

psittacosis

鸚鵡返し

おうむがえし

parroting back

鸚鵡

おうむ

(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

椰子鸚鵡

やしおうむ

palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)

車冠鸚鵡

くるまさかおうむ

Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)

梟鸚鵡

ふくろうおうむ

kakapo (Strigops habroptila)

海鸚鵡

うみおうむ

parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula)

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)