貝殻虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貝	殻	虫
かい Grade: 1	から > がら Grade: S	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
貝殼蟲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

貝(かい)殻(がら)虫(むし) or 貝殻虫(カイガラムシ) • (kaigaramushi) 

1. scale insects, members of the superfamily Coccoidea

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.