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チチュウカイミドリガニ (ちちゅうかいみどりがに) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

チチュウカイミドリガニ

Meanings

1

noun

Mediterranean green crab

usually written using kana alone

Scientific name Carcinus aestuarii; a crab species found in the Mediterranean Sea.

チチュウカイミドリガニは地ち中ちゅう海かい沿えん岸がんに生せい息そくしている。
The Mediterranean green crab inhabits the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.

Written forms

チチュウカイミドリガニ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this species name; usually written in kana.
地ち中ちゅう海かい緑みどり蟹がに
Kanji spelling is rare and may not be widely recognized; it but marks the word is listed as usually written in kana.

Kanji

地ground, earth
中

in, inside, middle

海sea, ocean

緑green

蟹crab

Etymology

Compound of 地中海 (Mediterranean Sea) + 緑 (green) + 蟹 (crab), literally 'Mediterranean green crab'.