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兜蟹 (kabutogani): a male and female pair of horseshoe crabs.
Kanji in this term
かぶと
Jinmeiyō
かに > がに
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
甲蟹
兜蟹

鱟魚

Etymology

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Compound of (kabuto, Japanese war helmet) +‎ (kani, crab).[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited in a work from 1666.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かぶと)(がに) or 兜蟹(カブトガニ) (kabutogani

  1. [from 1666] Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus); (more generally) horseshoe crab

Usage notes

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As 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

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  1. 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
  2. ^ 兜蟹”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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
  5. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ^ 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