Word Meaning 螠虫

おきくむし okikumushi

螠虫 is read as おきくむし (okikumushi) and means chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous).

Meaning

English

  1. chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)

Reading

Kana

おきくむし

Romaji

okikumushi

Writing Variants

  • 阿菊虫 おきくむし okikumushi

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 164964 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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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

苦虫

にがむし

bitter-tasting bug

殺虫

さっちゅう

killing insects or pests