かいばしら

Japanese
Alternative spelling
貝柱

Etymology

From 貝(かい) (kai, “shellfish”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Module error: The module returned a nil value. It is supposed to return an export table.

Noun

かいばしら • (kaibashira) ←かひばしら (kafibasira)?

  1. bivalve's adductor muscle
    ホタテの貝(かい)柱(ばしら)
    hotate no kaibashira
    scallop's adductor muscle

References
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