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Japanese
ガガンボ on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from 蚊々 (kaga, “mosquitoes”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 母 (bo, “mother”) or 蚊々 + の + 姥 (uba, “granny”). The kanji, from 大 (“big”) + 蚊 (“mosquito”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
Noun
大蚊 or 大蚊 • (gaganbo) (alternative reading hiragana かがんぼ, katakana カガンボ, rōmaji kaganbo)
- a cranefly
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