Vocabs: Under the Sea 5

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河豚 (ふぐ, fugu) – puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

眼梶木 (かじき, mekajiki) – swordfish (Xiphias gladius); broadbill

梶木 (かじき, kajiki) – marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish

帆立 (たて, hotate) – Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

螺貝 (つぶがいt, subugai) – whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

雲丹 (うに, uni) – sea urchin; sea urchin eggs

蛍烏賊 (ほたるいか, hotaru ika) – firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

鮑 (あわび, awabi) – abalone; ear shell

鱈(たら, tara)
1. gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack)
2. Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

牡蠣 (かき, kaki) – oyster; oyster shell

ペンギン (pengin) – penguin

海象 (せいうち, seiuchi) – walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

北極熊 (ほっきょくぐま, hokkyokuguma) – polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

白熊 (しろくま, shirokuma) – polar bear (Ursus maritimus)