兜蟹

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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

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

First cited in a work from 1666.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(かぶと)(がに) or 兜蟹(カブトガニ) (kabutogani

  1. Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus); (more generally) horseshoe crab

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 カブトガニ.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 兜蟹”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 兜蟹”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (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