虫食い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虫	食
むし Grade: 1	く Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
蟲食い (kyūjitai) ムシクイ

Noun

虫(むし)食(く)い • (mushikui) 

1. being worm-eaten
2. a hole made as a result of being worm-eaten
3. insect eating or entomophagy (especially of birds); insect eater

Synonyms

• 昆虫食(こんちゅうしょく) (konchūshoku, “entomophagy”)

Derived terms

• 虫食(むしく)い算(ざん) (mushikuizan, “fill-in-the-blank problem”)