田螺

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Chinese

field; farm aquatic snail
simp. and trad.
(田螺)
alternative forms 塍螺 Min Nan
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Noun

田螺

  1. river snail (a generic term referring to freshwater snails)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
にし
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 タニシ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

()(にし) or 田螺(タニシ) (tanishi

  1. river snail

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 タニシ.