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Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 蝦蟇 – see 蛤蟆 (“frog; toad; tadpole; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of蛤蟆).
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ガマ.
Appears to be a compound of 蟇(gama, “toad”) + 蛙(kaeru, “frog”). The kaeru changes to gaeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The kanji in this term are reversed as jukujikun (熟字訓) to match the Chinese spelling of the borrowed term gama (see above).
