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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslingueirão
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lingay-rawng
"Os lingueirões enterrar-se rapidamente na areia molhada."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A razor clam, especially of the species Ensis siliqua, found in coastal sand flats.
"We gathered a bucket of spoots at low tide to use as bait and for dinner." - 2
The small jet or spurt of water ejected by a burrowing clam when disturbed.
"Look for the tiny spoot in the sand to find where the clam is hiding."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating primarily in Scottish and Northern English dialects, spoot is likely an imitative or expressive formation, related to the verb spout, describing the sudden ejection of water by the organism. It has been used traditionally by coastal communities to refer to certain burrowing bivalve mollusks since the 19th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Spoot" is said worldwide
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couteau
Transliteration: kuto
"Nous avons ramassé des couteaux sur la plage à marée basse."
Schwertmuschel
Transliteration: shvert-mushel
"Schwertmuscheln graben sich tief in den Sand ein."
cannolicchio
Transliteration: kannolikkyo
"I cannolicchi sono molluschi bivalvi molto saporiti."
navaja
Transliteration: navaha
"Comimos unas deliciosas navajas a la plancha."
lingueirão
Transliteration: lingay-rawng
"Os lingueirões enterrar-se rapidamente na areia molhada."
रेज़र क्लैम
Transliteration: rejar klam
"रेज़र क्लैम समुद्र तट की रेत में पाए जाते हैं।"
竹蛏
Transliteration: zhú chēng
"退潮时我们在沙滩上挖了许多竹蛏。"
맛조개
Transliteration: mat-jogae
"썰물 때 바닷가에서 맛조개를 잡았습니다."
マテガイ
Transliteration: mategai
Script: 馬刀貝
"潮干狩りでマテガイをたくさん採りました。"
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