偽瓢虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偽	瓢	虫
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
僞瓢蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 天道虫(テントウムシ) (tentō-mushi, “ladybird, ladybug”) + 騙(だま)し (damashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 騙(だま)す (damasu), "to deceive"). The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 偽瓢蟲, literally, "imitation ladybird". (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

1. handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
2. (colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (, syn. )

Synonyms

• (28-spotted ladybird): 偽大瓢虫(オオテントウムシダマシ) (ōtentō-mushi-damashi), 二(ニ)十(ジュウ)八(ハチ)星(ホシ)瓢虫(テントウ) (nijūhachihoshi tentō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 五星(イツホシ)偽瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (itsuhoshi tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)
• 黄(キ)色(イロ)偽瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (kīro tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)
• 黒(クロ)紋(モン)毛(ケ)深(ブカ)擬瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (kuromon kebuka tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)
• 偽背高瓢虫(セダカテントウムシダマシ) (sedaka tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)
• 紅(ベニ)翅(バネ)擬瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (benibane tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)
• 四星(ヨツボシ)擬瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (yotsuboshi tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)
• 瑠璃(ルリ)偽瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (ruri tentō-mushi-damashi, “”)