地蜘蛛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地 蜘 蛛
じ
Grade: 2 		くも > ぐも
Hyōgai Hyōgai
goon jukujikun

Etymology

地(じ) (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

  • (Tokyo) じぐも [jìgúmó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑiɡɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

地(じ)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

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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