地蜘蛛

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
くも > ぐも
Hyōgai Hyōgai
goon jukujikun
 ジグモ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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() (ji, earth) + 蜘蛛(くも) (kumo, spider, jukujikun (熟字訓)). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()蜘蛛(ぐも) or 地蜘蛛(ジグモ) (jigumoぢぐも (digumo)?

  1. Atypus karschi, a species of purse web spider

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).

Synonyms

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