ゴカイ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
沙蚕

ゴカイ: Alitta succinea, the common clam worm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ka̠i]

Noun

ゴカイ or ごかい • (gokai) 

1. clam worms, sandworms, ragworms; any of various marine worms in the family Nereididae

See also

• イソメ (isome, “eunicids, bloodworms”)
• 多毛類(たもうるい) (tamōrui, “polychetes”), the class that includes eunicids and clam worms