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オオバウチワエビ

Meanings

1

noun

smooth fan lobster

usually written using kana alone

A species of fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus) found in the Indo-West Pacific. The name is primarily used in biological and culinary contexts.

オオバウチワエビは食しょく用ようとして漁ぎょ獲かくされることがある。
The smooth fan lobster is sometimes caught for food.

Written forms

オオバウチワエビ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this species name, as is common for many marine animals.
大おお歯ば団扇うちわ海老えび
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in scientific or formal contexts; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

大large, big
歯

tooth, cog

団group, association

扇fan, folding fan

海sea, ocean

老old man, old age, grow old

Etymology

Compound of 大葉 (ōba, 'large leaf') + 団扇海老 (uchiwaebi, 'fan lobster'), referring to the broad, leaf-like carapace.