芋虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芋	虫
いも Grade: S	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 芋 (imo, “tuber”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “worm”), perhaps based on its shape.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) いもむし [ìmóꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [imo̞mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

芋虫 (hiragana いもむし, katakana イモムシ, rōmaji imomushi)

a hairless caterpillar
- 1999 September 23, “アシッドクロウラー [Acid Crawler]”, in Vol.5 (in Japanese), Konami:
  巨 (きょ)大 (だい)ないもむし。強 (きょう)力 (りょく)な酸 (さん)をはき、何 (なん)でも溶 (と)かしてしまう。
  Kyodai na imomushi. Kyōryoku na san o haki, nan demo tokashite shimau.
  A gigantic caterpillar. Its acid is so strong it can melt anything.

See also

毛 (ケ)虫 (ムシ) (kemushi)

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