雁甲蠃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雁	甲	蠃
がん Jinmeiyō	がぜ
	Grade: S	Hyōgai
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
岩隠子

雁甲蠃 (Diadema setosum)

Etymology

雁(がん) (gan, “wild goose”) + 甲蠃(がぜ) (gaze, “sea urchin”, dialectal).

Noun

雁(がん)甲蠃(がぜ) • (gangaze) 

1. long-spined sea urchin (Diadema setosum)

Usage notes

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