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txibilitu

[Basque]

Cuckoo wrasse. A type of wrasse.

txipiroia

[Basque]

Baby cuttlefish. These are most often stuffed with their own tentacles and fried.

txirla

[Basque] plural txirlak

Clam

txirla arre gorrisca

[Basque]

Smooth clam or brown Venus clam.

txirla garatxoduna

[Basque]

Warty Venus clams. They should be soaked in running water for a couple of hours to remove any sand.

txirla handia

[Basque]

A name in the Basque Country for the grooved carpet-shell, a variety of clam.

txirla japoniarra

[Basque]

"Japanese clam." This is the Manila clam, a variety of Pacific clam with a brown and white shell. It is about 6 cm (2") across. In the north of Spain this imported carpet-shell from the orient is being cultivated.

txirla lingirdatsua

[Basque]

Carpet shell clam.

txirla zerredaduna

[Basque]

Banded carpet shell clam. A small slightly reddish coloured clam.

txirla zurda

[Basque]

Surf clam or white carpet shell clam