雁甲蠃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雁 甲 蠃
がん
Jinmeiyō 		がぜ
Grade: S Hyōgai
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
岩隠子

Etymology

雁(がん) (gan, “wild goose”) + 甲蠃(がぜ) (gaze, “sea urchin”, dialectal).

Noun

雁(がん)甲蠃(がぜ) • (gangaze) 

  1. long-spined sea urchin (Diadema setosum)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ガンガゼ (gangaze).

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