兜蟹
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Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 兜 | 蟹 |
| かぶと Jinmeiyō |
かに > がに Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 甲蟹 兜蟹 鱟 鱟魚 |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 兜 (kabuto, “Japanese war helmet”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”).[1][2][3][4][5]
First cited in a work from 1666.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]兜蟹 or 兜蟹 • (kabutogani)
- [from 1666] Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus); (more generally) horseshoe crab
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 カブトガニ.
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “兜蟹”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “兜蟹”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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