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マメゾウムシ (まめぞうむし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
bean weevil ; seed beetle
usually written using kana alone
Refers to any leaf beetle of the subfamily Bruchinae, known for infesting beans and seeds. The term is primarily used in biological and agricultural contexts.
この
標ひょう
本ほん
は
マメゾウムシ
の
一いっ
種しゅ
です
。
This specimen is a species of bean weevil.
Written forms マメゾウムシ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this insect name; usually written in kana.
豆まめ 象ぞう 虫むし
Kanji spelling is rare and may not be widely recognized; it but marks the word is listed as usually written in kana.
Kanji 象 elephant, pattern after, imitate Similar words ゾウムシ ゾウムシ refers to weevils in general (family Curculionidae), while マメゾウムシ specifically denotes bean weevils (subfamily Bruchinae), which are leaf beetles, not true weevils.
Etymology Compound of 豆 (まめ, 'bean') and 象虫 (ぞうむし, 'weevil'), literally 'bean weevil'. The kanji 象虫 is an older term for weevils, but the word is now usually written in kana.
