"天狗貝" meaning in Japanese

See 天狗貝 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟ɡa̠i] Forms: 天狗貝 [canonical] (ruby: (てん), (), (がい)), 天狗貝 [canonical] (ruby: 天狗貝(テングガイ)), tengugai [romanization]
Etymology: 天狗(てんぐ) (tengu, “tengu”) + 貝(かい) (kai, “shell”). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|天狗|てんぐ|貝|かい|t1=tengu|t2=shell}} 天狗(てんぐ) (tengu, “tengu”) + 貝(かい) (kai, “shell”), {{sortkey|ja|天狗貝}} てんくかい, {{rendaku2|kai|gai}} The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんぐがい|テングガイ}} 天(てん)狗(ぐ)貝(がい) or 天狗貝(テングガイ) • (tengugai)
  1. branched murex, Chicoreus ramosus Wikipedia link: ja:テングガイ
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