kuya

an oyster; any member of the family Ostreidae


talaba

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talabá (“kind of shellfish; oyster”).

inh+

oyster; any member of the family Ostreidae


puki

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puki, from Proto-Austronesian *puki.


budyong

a marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell


bibi

a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks


samong

a species of top snail (Trochus niloticus)


karakol

Borrowed from Spanish caracol (“snail”).

the imperial volute (Cymbiola imperialis)


tibo

a spindle snail or tulip snail; any member of the family Fasciolariidae


binga

a baler shell; any member of the genus Melo


nukos

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanuqus. Compare with Tausug kanuus, Bikol Central kanuos.


kugita

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Cognate with , Malay kurita, Ilocano kurita, Javanese gurita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

an octopus that is bigger than a tabugok


talab

a pen shell; any member of the family Pinnidae


taklobo

Tridacna gigas
Tridacna gigas#Translingual

a taclobo or giant clam (Tridacna gigas)


kamwa

the articulate harp shell (Harpa articularis)


dalupapa

diamondback squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)


bukobuko

Reduplication of buko (“node of a stem”)

redup

(anatomy) the back of a person or animal

(especially) the upper back, opposite the chest

the back of a person or animal
the upper back, opposite the chest


tipay

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pigafetta

Pinctada maxima
Pinctada maxima#Translingual

Pinctada maxima, a pearl oyster having two varieties; the white-lipped oyster and the gold-lipped oyster

Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan's circumnavigation


tamasok

a shipworm; especially ones that are found on ships or boats (see usage notes)


tamilok

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamiluk (teredo, sea worm that attacks wood). Compare Tausug tambiluk, Malay tembelok and Iban tebelok.

inh+

a shipworm; any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water


aninikad

the little pitcher conch (Canarium urceus)


dagatan

the taclobo or giant clam (Tridacna gigas)


lumayagan

purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)


wasaywasay

a hammer oyster; any member of the genus Malleus


amumungpong

a top shell; any member of the family Trochidae


sudlaysudlay

Vasticardium flavum subrugosum; a type of cockle in the family Cardiidae


bagongon

the telescope shell (Telescopium telescopium)


baluso

the fenestrate top shell (Tectus fenestratus)


litob

any of several ark clams (family Arcidae):

the inequivalve ark (Anadara inaequivalvis)


liswi

the strawberry conch (Conomurex luhuanus)


dalodalo

the giant mangrove whelk (Terebralia palustris)


tambayang

the red-lipped codakia (Codakia tigerina)


tapusok

a wentletrap; any of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Epitoniidae


tagimtim

the mangrove oyster (Crassostrea tulipa)


kapis

the windowpane oyster or capiz (Placuna placenta)


tulipsay

the Asian moon scallop (Amusium pleuronectes)


tapurok

an ark shell; any member of the family Arcidae


tangali

a turrid; any member of the family Turridae


tudlo dato

the sharp razor clam (Pharella acutidens)


tambuli

a helmet shell any member of the family Cassidae


libuo

the Pacific tiger lucine (Codakia tigerina)


saang

a spider conch; any member of the genus Lambis


takog

a chiton; any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora


bilbig

the golden freshwater clam (Corbicula fluminea)


bungkawil

Laevistrombus canarium
Laevistrombus canarium#Translingual


bug-atan

the tumid venus clam (Gafrarium pectinatum)


bunsodbunsod puti

Hexaplex cichoreum albicans, a white variety of the endive murex


budyong tangali

a Triton snail; any member of the family Ranellidae


buskay

the eglantine cowrie (Cypraea eglantina)


saliot

the elongate giant clam (Tridacna maxima)


hagdanhagdan

the fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)


gloryamaris

the glory of the sea (Conus gloriamaris)


lampirong

the windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta)


hilahila

a slug; any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell

a snail; any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell


takobo

the taclobo or giant clam (Tridacna gigas)


saong

(chiefly Davao) spider conch (genus Lambis)


lagang

the chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius)


tamala

an octopus that is smaller than a tabugok