ツブ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ツブ – see the following entry.
つぶJ
[noun] spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
[noun] edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
[noun] synonym of 田螺 (tanishi, river snails of family Viviparidae)
(This term, ツブ (tsubu), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)