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ugari

  • /ˈjuːɡəɹi/ UK
  • /-ɡaː-/ UK
  • /ˈjuɡəɹi/ US
  • /-ɡaː-/ US
  • /ˈjuɡəɹi/ Australia

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Borrowed from Yagara yūgārī.

noun ugari · ugaris · eugaree · eugarie · yugari · yugarie

  1. also, attributive, countable, uncountable The edible saltwater clam Plebidonax deltoides, which is endemic to Australia. Our blackfellows are animated by no sentiment, and, instead of posing in an attitude, surveying with poetical eye the truly grand scene, search for a bivalve called, in the aboriginal tongue, Yugarie, a delicate member of the mussel family, in much esteem by fishermen as bait, and by the natives as

    Similar: Coorong cockle, Goolwa cockle, pipi, pippie

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noun Plebidonax deltoides

中文三角斧蛤 sānjiǎofǔgé

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@misc{ugari_2026,
  title = {ugari},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ugari},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}