地蜘蛛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	蜘	蛛
じ Grade: 2	くも > ぐも
	Hyōgai	Hyōgai
goon	jukujikun

Etymology

地(じ) (ji, “earth”) + 蜘蛛(くも) (kumo, “spider”, jukujikun (熟字訓)). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じぐも [jìgúmó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

地(じ)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 地蜘蛛(ジグモ) • (jigumo) ^{←ぢぐも (digumo)?}

1. Atypus karschi, a species of purse web spider

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Synonyms

• 土(ツチ)蜘蛛(グモ) (tsuchigumo)