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三眠蚕 (さんみんかいこ, sanminkaiko) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三さん眠みん蚕かいこ

Meanings

1

three-molt silkworm

A silkworm variety that molts three times during its larval stage, used in sericulture.

三さん眠みん蚕かいこは通つう常じょうの蚕かいこより成せい長ちょうが早はやい。
The three-molt silkworm grows faster than ordinary silkworms.

Kanji

三three
眠sleep, die, sleepy
蚕silkworm

Etymology

Formed from 三 “three,” 眠 for the silkworm’s dormant period before a molt, and 蚕 “silkworm,” denoting a variety that undergoes three such periods and molts.