Word Meaning 芥虫

ごみむし gomimushi

芥虫 is read as ごみむし (gomimushi) and means Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle).

Meaning

English

  1. Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
  2. ground beetle
  3. carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae)

Reading

Kana

ごみむし

Romaji

gomimushi

Writing Variants

  • ゴミ虫 ごみむし gomimushi
  • 塵芥虫 ごみむし gomimushi
  • 歩行虫 ごみむし gomimushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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三井寺芥虫

みいでらごみむし

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

細頸芥虫

ほそくびごみむし

bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)

むし

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

昆虫

こんちゅう

insect

害虫

がいちゅう

harmful insect

弱虫

よわむし

coward

毛虫

けむし

hairy caterpillar

寄生虫

きせいちゅう

parasite

幼虫

ようちゅう

larva

水虫

みずむし

Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

成虫

せいちゅう

imago

防虫

ぼうちゅう

protection from insects