馬鹿貝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	鹿	貝
ば Grade: 2	か Grade: 4	かい > がい Grade: 1
kan’on	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
馬珂貝バカ貝バカガイ

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばかがい [bàkáꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ba̠ka̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

馬(ば)鹿(か)貝(がい) • (bakagai) ^{←ばかがひ (bakagafi)^?}

a trough shell (bivalve), Mactra chinensis Philippi

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as バカガイ.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN