Meanings
Readings
Common Words
shellfish
seashell; shell
seashell; shell
Historical term
matching game played with clam shells with stanzas of waka written on them
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
adductor muscle
Food, cooking
adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
Picture a mutant shellfish (perhaps a lobster) looking up at you from your plate, it’s large single eye pleading with you not to eat it, as it wriggles its little animal legs.
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