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Kanji Detail for 蝥 - "cutworm, tiger beetle"
蝥
- Meaning
蝥 means "cutworm, tiger beetle."
Cutworm - A pest that eats plant roots.
Tiger beetle - An insect of the family Cicindelidae (used in compound 螌蝥).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fly which is used similarly to cantharides
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
Chinese blister beetle; Spanish fly
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 蟊[mao2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An insect that eats rice roots. Also called 根白蛆 (root white grub). About two to three fen long. Body is large, head is small. Specializes in eating rice roots in the soil. Most harmful in autumn. Therefore anything that harms things is called 蝥賊 (pest). | 斑蝥 (blister beetle). An insect name. Five to six fen to an inch long. Head is yellow, belly is black. Back shell has spotted markings of red, yellow, black and other colors. Contains a strong poison. Often catches and eats harmful insects.
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