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センモウヒラムシ

also: せんもうひらむし

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Meanings

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noun

Trichoplax adhaerens

usually written using kana alone

A species of placozoan, a simple marine animal. This is a technical biological term; the katakana spelling is standard.

センモウヒラムシは、最もっとも単たん純じゅんな構こう造ぞうを持もつ多た細さい胞ぼう動どう物ぶつの一ひとつとして知しられている。
Trichoplax adhaerens is known as one of the multicellular animals with the simplest structure.

Kanji

繊slender, fine, thin kimono
毛fur, hair, feather
平even, flat, peace
虫insect, bug, temper

Written forms

せんもうひらむし
Hiragana spelling, also common.
繊せん毛もう平ひら虫むし
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly used in taxonomic contexts; it but marks the word is listed as usually written in kana.

Etymology

The Japanese name センモウヒラムシ is composed of 繊毛 (senmō, 'cilia') and 平虫 (hiramushi, 'flatworm'), describing its ciliated, flat body. The exact derivation of the scientific name Trichoplax adhaerens is from Greek 'tricho-' (hair) and 'plax' (plate), with Latin 'adhaerens' (adhering).