フナムシ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of フナムシ – see the following entry.

【船虫ふなむし】 [noun] a sea roach, wharf roach (Ligia exotica) [noun] (obsolete) Synonym of 船食虫 (funakuimushi /⁠ふなくいむし⁠/, “a shipworm”)

(This term, フナムシ (funamushi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)