A marine bivalve mollusc which lives buried in the sand siphoning detritus from the surface around its burrow.
樱蛤
Family Tellinidae: Tellina and other genera
Example sentencesExamples
The middle regions of the beach are surf-beaten, but the sheltered southern corner, at low tide, reveals fine sands thickly populated with razor shells, tellins, surf clams and sand mason worms.
Other prey, such as bristle worms, razor shells and tellins are also taken when available.
Also try tippets of razorfish, cockle, mussel and especially small tellin clams found after storms washed up on the beaches.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Greek tellinē, denoting a kind of shellfish.