Where does “코끼리조개” come from?

코끼리조개 (Korean) comes from Korean 조개 — molluscan shellfish.

코끼리조개 (Korean): geoduck

Definitions

  1. geoduck

Ancestry of “코끼리조개”, step by step

코끼리조개 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 조개

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean조개molluscan shellfish

via Korean 코끼리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean코끼리elephant
Every word from Korean 조개