雁甲蠃

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雁 甲 蠃
がん
Jinmeiyō		 がぜ
Grade: S Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
岩隠子
雁甲蠃 (Diadema setosum)

Etymology

雁(がん) (gan, “wild goose”) + 甲蠃(がぜ) (gaze, “sea urchin”, dialectal).

Noun

雁(がん)甲蠃(がぜ) • (gangaze) 

  1. long-spined sea urchin (Diadema setosum)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ガンガゼ.

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