Japanese

マテガイ: Gould's razor shell

Alternative forms

• 蟶貝, 馬刀貝, 馬蛤貝

Noun

マテガイ ‎(hiragana まてがい, romaji mategai, historical hiragana まてがひ)

1. a razor clam, more specifically Gould's razor shell: Solen strictus.

Usage notes

Like many terms used in biology, this term is commonly written in katakana.

Synonyms

• 馬刀, 馬蛤, 蟶 (まて, ​mate)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3