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wedge shell

Portuguese translation: beguaba

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English term or phrase:	wedge shell
Portuguese translation:	beguaba
Entered by:	Oliver Simoes

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22:54 Sep 30, 2011

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Zoology

English term or phrase: wedge shell

Context Sentence: The students' favorite after-school activities include finding wedge shells, horse mussels, and oysters for dinner.

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beguaba

Explanation:
Wedge-shell |
Define Wedge-shell at ,Dictionary.com
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n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is ...

Espécie do gênero Donax que ocorre no Brasil/Argentina (Hoauiss):

beguaba
Rubrica: malacologia. Regionalismo: Brasil.
molusco bivalve (Donax hanleyanus) da fam. dos donacídeos, de ocorrência do litoral do Espírito Santo até a Argentina, que se caracteriza pelo *contorno triangular* dos bordos da concha

Outros nomes comuns (mesma espécie):
apeguava, beguava, beguira, peguava, sapatinho, sernambi

However, the common name of the species of this genus in the US is (Random House):

coquina n.

1. Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.

2. any similar clam, esp. of the genus Donax.