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カダヤシ

Meanings

1

noun

mosquitofish; gambusia

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the fish Gambusia affinis, introduced for mosquito control. The name literally means 'mosquito killer'.

カダヤシはボウフラを食たべることで知しられている。
Mosquitofish are known for eating mosquito larvae.
池いけにカダヤシを放はなして蚊かの発はっ生せいを抑おさえた。
They released mosquitofish into the pond to control mosquito breeding.

Written forms

カダヤシUsage100%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name; usually written in kana.
蚊か絶だやし
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly etymological; the fish is almost always written in katakana.
蚊絶かだやし
Abbreviated kanji form; very rare in modern use.

Kanji

蚊mosquito

絶discontinue, sever, cut off

Etymology

From 蚊 (ka, 'mosquito') + 絶やす (tayasu, 'to exterminate'), literally 'mosquito exterminator'. The katakana spelling カダヤシ is standard for the fish name.