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ツボカビ

Meanings

1

noun

chytrid

usually written using kana alone

A type of simple, alga-like fungus belonging to the order Chytridiales. Used mainly in biological contexts.

ツボカビは水すい中ちゅうや湿しめった土ど壌じょうに生せい息そくする菌きん類るいの一いち群ぐんです。
Chytrids are a group of fungi that live in water or moist soil.
カエルツボカビ症しょうは両りょう生せい類るいの個こ体たい数すう減げん少しょうの一いち因いんとされています。
Chytridiomycosis is considered one cause of amphibian population decline.

Written forms

ツボカビ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this biological term; the word is usually written in kana.
壷つぼ黴かび
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the kanji 黴 is itself uncommon.
壺つぼ黴かび
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; variant of 壷黴.

Kanji

壷

jar, pot, hinge knuckle

黴mold, mildew

壺jar, pot

Etymology

Compound of 壺 (tsubo, 'pot, jar') + 黴 (kabi, 'mold, fungus'), referring to the pot-like shape of the sporangia. The exact derivation is uncertain, but the name is descriptive of the organism's appearance.