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亜米利加波貝 (Amerika-nami-gai)

Geoduck

  • Amerika-nami-gai
  • water animals

Meaning

亜米利加波貝 (Amerika-nami-gai) is Geoduck, a Japanese food (water animals).

What is Geoduck?

Amerika-nami-gai , the Pacific geoduck ( Panopea generosa ), is sometimes known as the "mud duck", "king clam", or, when translated literally from Chinese, the "elephant-trunk clam". In Japan, geoduck is prepared as raw sashimi, dipped in soy sauce and wasabi . On Japanese menus in cheaper sushi restaurants, geoduck is sometimes substituted for Tresus keenae , a species of horse clam, and labeled mirugai or mirukuigai . It is considered to have a texture similar to an ark shell ( akagai ). Mirugai is sometimes translated into English as "giant clam", and it is distinguished from himejako sushi, which is made from Tridacna gigas .

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