兜蟹
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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兜 | 蟹 |
かぶと Jinmeiyō |
かに > がに Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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甲蟹 兜蟹 鱟 鱟魚 |
Etymology
editCompound of 兜 (kabuto, “Japanese war helmet”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”).[1][2][3][4][5]
First cited in a work from 1666.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit兜蟹 or 兜蟹 • (kabutogani)
- [from 1666] Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus); (more generally) horseshoe crab
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カブトガニ.
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “兜蟹”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “兜蟹”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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