"海老蟹" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [e̞bʲiɡa̠ɲ̟i] Forms: 海老蟹 [canonical] (ruby: 海老(えび), (がに)), ebigani [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 海老(えび) (ebi, “shrimp”) + 蟹(かに) (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare Miyako いびがん (ibigan, “Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)”). First attested in the Nippo Jisho (1603). Etymology templates: {{ja-com|海老|えび|蟹|かに|t1=shrimp|t2=crab}} 海老(えび) (ebi, “shrimp”) + 蟹(かに) (kani, “crab”), {{sortkey|ja|海老蟹}} えひかに, {{rendaku2|kani|gani}} The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁)., {{taxlink|Panulirus japonicus|species}} Panulirus japonicus, {{cog|mvi|いびがん|t=Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)|tr=ibigan}} Miyako いびがん (ibigan, “Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|えびがに}} 海老(えび)蟹(がに) • (ebigani)
  1. (dialect, Nagasaki) synonym of 伊勢海老 (iseebi, “Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)”) Tags: dialectal Synonyms: 伊勢海老 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-海老蟹-ja-noun-zZb0fBOt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Decapods Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 74 13 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 83 11 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 81 12 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 91 6 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 87 9 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 81 12 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 85 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 27 26 Disambiguation of Decapods: 69 16 15
  2. a crayfish; particularly Procambarus clarkii; Clark's crayfish; red swamp crayfish Synonyms: アメリカ蝲蛄
    Sense id: en-海老蟹-ja-noun-Qv5Ues~Q
  3. (dialect, Wakayama) red frog crab (Ranina ranina) Tags: dialectal Synonyms: 旭蟹
    Sense id: en-海老蟹-ja-noun-PaczySod
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Astacideans Disambiguation of Astacideans: 0 0 0
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