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A1 Noun
木食い虫bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.), gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
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Noun
1.
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)
Usually written using kana aloneNoun
2.
gribble (Limnoria lignorum), grain borer, wood borer
Usually written using kana alone
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木食い虫 【きくいむし】、木食虫 【きくいむし】、木蠹虫 【きくいむし】、蠹 【きくいむし】、キクイムシ
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木食い虫の体長は0.8から1ミリです。
The body length of a bark beetle is from 0.8 to 1 millimeter. {bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.), gribble (Limnoria lignorum)}
あの体が楕円形の虫は木食い虫と言うそうです。
I heard that the bug with the elliptical shape is called a bark beetle. {bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.), gribble (Limnoria lignorum)}
木食い虫は木に穴を掘って生活していると聞きました。
I heard that bark beetles live by boring holes into trees. {bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.), gribble (Limnoria lignorum)}
海中の木材に食い入って、木船に被害を与える虫が木食い虫だ。
The insect that causes damage by eating into the wood in the sea is the gribble. {bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.), gribble (Limnoria lignorum)}
木食い虫の頭部は前胸より幅が狭く、後ろは丸いものや凹んでいるものがある。
The head of the bark beetle is narrower than the prothorax, and the rear part can be round or concave. {bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.), gribble (Limnoria lignorum)}
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