くつわ虫
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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虫 |
むし Grade: 1 |
Alternative spellings |
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くつわ蟲 (kyūjitai) 轡虫 轡蟲 |
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Noun
[edit]くつわ虫 or くつわ虫 • (kutsuwa mushi)
- giant katydid, Mecopoda niponensis, a species of katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
- Synonym: ガチャガチャ
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クツワムシ.
References
[edit]- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, and Hideo Masuda, editors (2005), Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary, second edition, Kenkyusha