サザエ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of サザエ – see the following entry.

【栄螺さざえ】 [noun] a turban shell, especially one of the horned turbans (Turbo cornutus, Turbo sazae) [noun] a tea ceremony utensil: one of the seven rests for the lid of a teakettle, shaped like a turban shell (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Alternative spellings 拳螺, 蠑螺

(This term, サザエ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)