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鸟尾蛤

niǎo wěi gédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1afa6eb69258c9c7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鳥尾蛤 鸟尾蛤 [niao3 wei3 ge2] /cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)/

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Other forms in these source records: 鳥尾蛤

  • 鸟
    diǎo

    penis

    niǎo

    bird / CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn

  • 尾
    wěi

    tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

    yǐ

    horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

  • 蛤
    gé

    (bound form) clam / used in 蛤蚧[gé jiè]

    há

    used in 蛤蟆[há ma]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.