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    3. 木食い虫

    木食い虫

    木き食くい​虫むし

    bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)

    NTNounAnimalsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    木食虫木蠹虫蠹木喰い虫木喰虫木蠧虫蠧きくい虫

    きくいむしキクイムシ

    Noun

    1.
    bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    gribble (Limnoria lignorum), grain borer, wood borer
    word usually written using kana alone

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    Characters that make up this word

    木
    き・こ-…(5)
    tree・wood
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    虫
    むし…(3)
    insect・bug・temper
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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