Word Meaning 食虫虻

むしひきあぶ mushihikiabu

食虫虻 is read as むしひきあぶ (mushihikiabu) and means robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae).

Meaning

English

  1. robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)

Reading

Kana

むしひきあぶ

Romaji

mushihikiabu

Writing Variants

  • 虫引虻 むしひきあぶ mushihikiabu
  • 虫曳虻 むしひきあぶ mushihikiabu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

食虫性

しょくちゅうせい

insectivorous

食虫植物

しょくちゅうしょくぶつ

insectivorous plants

食虫

しょくちゅう

insectivore

虫食い

むしくい

holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.

松食虫

まつくいむし

insects harmful to pine trees

米食い虫

こめくいむし

rice weevil

木食虫

きくいむし

bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)

船食虫

ふなくいむし

shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis)

虫食い歯

むしくいば

decayed tooth

昆虫食

こんちゅうしょく

entomophagy