ugari
Syllables: uga·ri/ˈjuːɡəɹi/US/ˈjuɡəɹi/
ugari noun: the edible saltwater clam Plebidonax deltoides, which is endemic to Australia.
Noun
ugari (countable and uncountable, plural ugari or ugaris)
- 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...1880 July, “Redspinner” [pseudonym; William Senior], “Camping Out”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym], editor, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume CCXLVII (CCXLIX on title page), number 1795, London: Chatto...
- Next morning these sisters went out on to the main beach to gather yugaries there.1904, Constance Campbell Petrie, chapter XVI, in Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland […], Brisbane, Qld.: Watson, Ferguson & Co., →OCLC, page 123
Examples of ugari in a sentence
- The shell-fish Donax deltoideus, commonly called ‘ugari’ in Southern Queensland, seem gifted with intellect or reasoning powers.1917 August 16, The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W.: William Macleod for The Bulletin Newspaper Co. Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 4:
- There were three types of natural bait: ugari, worms and cunjevois.2011, Graham Smith, “Pre-War Fishing at Point Lookout”, in Shadows of War on the Brisbane Line, Salisbury, Qld.: Boolarong Press, →ISBN...
Synonyms of ugari
Forms of ugari
| plural | ugari |
|---|---|
| plural | ugaris |
| alternative form | eugaree |
| alternative form | eugarie |
| alternative form | yugari |
| alternative form | yugarie |
Origin of ugari
Borrowed from Yagara yūgārī.
Questions about ugari
- What does ugari mean?
- Ugari means the edible saltwater clam Plebidonax deltoides, which is endemic to Australia.
- How do you use ugari in a sentence?
- The shell-fish Donax deltoideus, commonly called ‘ugari’ in Southern Queensland, seem gifted with intellect or reasoning powers.
- What part of speech is ugari?
- Ugari is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ugari?
- Ugari is pronounced /ˈjuːɡəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ugari?
- The plural of ugari is ugari.
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