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蔓脚類 (まんきゃくるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蔓まん脚きゃく類るい

also: つるあしるい

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Meanings

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noun

Cirripedia; barnacles

Taxonomic term for the infraclass Cirripedia, including barnacles and related crustaceans. Used in biological and marine contexts.

蔓まん脚きゃく類るいは岩いわや船せん底ていに付ふ着ちゃくする甲こう殻かく類るいです。
Cirripedia are crustaceans that attach to rocks and ship bottoms.
フジツボは蔓まん脚きゃく類るいの代

だい

表ひょう

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生せい

物ぶつ

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。

Barnacles are a representative organism of Cirripedia.

Written forms

蔓脚類
- まんきゃくるい
  Standard kanji spelling for the taxonomic group Cirripedia.
- つるあしるい
つるあしるい
Alternate reading using kun'yomi; less common in modern biological contexts.

Kanji

蔓vine, tendril, influence
脚skids, leg, undercarriage
類sort, kind, variety

Similar words

フジツボ
Common Japanese word for barnacle, the most familiar member of Cirripedia. 蔓脚類 is the formal taxonomic group name.

Etymology

From 蔓 (tendril, vine) + 脚 (leg) + 類 (group, kind), referring to the feathery, leg-like cirri used for feeding. The reading まんきゃくるい uses on'yomi, while つるあしるい uses kun'yomi.