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ウマビル

Meanings

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noun

Whitmania pigra (species of leech)

usually written using kana alone

A specific species of leech, Whitmania pigra. Used in biological contexts.

ウマビルは池いけや沼ぬまに生せい息そくする大おお型がたのヒルです。
Whitmania pigra is a large leech that inhabits ponds and marshes.

Written forms

ウマビル
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this species name; usually written in kana.
馬うま蛭びる
Kanji form is rare; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

馬horse
蛭leech

Etymology

The name literally means 'horse leech', from 馬 (uma, 'horse') and 蛭 (hiru, 'leech'), but the exact derivation is uncertain.