海蛍
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 海 | 蛍 |
| うみ Grade: 2 |
ほたる Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 海螢 (kyūjitai) 海ほたる |
Etymology
[edit]From 海 (umi, “sea”) + 蛍 (hotaru, “firefly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- sea-firefly, Vargula hilgendorfii, a small bioluminescent ostracod found in Japan
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).
Descendants
[edit]- → English: sea-firefly (calque)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 海 read as うみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 蛍 read as ほたる
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Crustaceans