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ヘリカメムシ Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
coreid bug ; leaf-footed bug
usually written using kana alone
Refers to insects of the family Coreidae, often called leaf-footed bugs or squash bugs. The Japanese name ヘリカメムシ literally means 'edge stink bug', referring to the expanded edges of the abdomen.
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特とく
徴ちょう
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The coreid bug is a type of stink bug, characterized by the expanded edges of its abdomen.
Written forms へりかめむし
Hiragana spelling; less common than katakana but still used.
縁へり 亀かめ 虫むし
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly encountered in scientific or older texts; the katakana form is strongly preferred.
Kanji 縁 affinity, relation, connection Etymology Compound of ヘリ (縁, 'edge') + カメムシ (亀虫, 'stink bug'), referring to the expanded lateral margins of the abdomen typical of coreid bugs. The katakana spelling is conventional for biological names.
