OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

mobu³

•  n. k.o. mollusc.

Note: one piece of shell; approx. 1 cm. and shaped like escargot; meat is extracted with a needle; cooked in a section of bamboo; lives in non-salty water; cf. picture