ホラガイ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ホラガイ – see the following entry.
【法螺貝ほらがい】
[noun] a Triton's trumpet, Charonia tritonis
[noun] a horn made from a Triton's trumpet shell
[noun] by metaphor from the shape of the shell, a way of tying a man's obi
Alternative spellings
ほら貝, 吹螺, 梭尾貝
(This term, ホラガイ (horagai), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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