テッポウエビ

noun

snapping shrimp; pistol prawn

A shrimp that produces a loud snapping sound with its claw. The Japanese name literally means 'gun shrimp'.

• テッポウエビは大おおきなハサミでパチンと音おとを出だす。

  The snapping shrimp makes a snapping sound with its large claw.

• 磯いそでテッポウエビを見みつけた。

  I found a pistol prawn on the rocky shore.