貝殻虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 1
から > がら
Grade: S
むし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
貝殼蟲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(かい)(がら)(むし) or 貝殻虫(カイガラムシ) • (kaigaramushi

  1. scale insects, members of the superfamily Coccoidea

References

  • 貝殻虫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN