Cochlea - snail

Japanese: 蝸牛 - かたつむり

〘Noun〙 (A variation of "katatsuburi") A general term for large land snails belonging to the mollusks and pulmonates. It may also include land-dwelling species such as the Yamatanisi, a prosobranch. Most have right-handed shells. They move by sticking their heads and parts of their bodies out of the shell, but retract them into the shell when they are dry or startled. They have two pairs of antennae on their heads, and at the tip of the longer pair are eyes that can distinguish between light and dark. The shorter pair are said to be organs that sense chemical substances. The surface of their soft bodies is covered with mucus. They breathe through a mantle cavity, where blood vessels are gathered in a network that acts as lungs. They have a file-like radula in their mouth, which they use to lick and eat mainly dead grass and leaves, sometimes damaging crops. They are hermaphrodites, and lay eggs in the soil. In addition to the commonly seen Onajimamai, there are about 600 known species in Japan, including the Kuroiwamai and Usukawamai. Dendenmushi. A snail. A snail. A prancing ...

Snail

[1] [noun] = snail (snail) 《season: summer》 ※Fusoshu (995-999) 7. After singing the song of Yono and going back and forth, I thought of nothing more than a snail. Chapter 2: I recalled the past.〈Yoshiyoshi Harumichi〉 “ _{There is} a snail in the house, and the tiger in the cage _{_{makes a face that makes him angry.}} ” 〔Erika Commentary - Shakugyo 〕 [2] Kyogen. Various schools. Tarokaja, who was ordered by his master to bring back a snail as a medicine for longevity, mistook a mountain ascetic for a snail and was severely beaten.

Dede-mushi [snail]

〘Noun〙 ("Dede" means " horns coming out") Another name for "snail". Dendenmushi. Season: Summer [Haiku poem, Odamaki (Genroku 4th year edition) (1691)] *Haiku poem, Hirohara Umi (1703) 1 "The snail 's damage is a snail. "

Snails

〘 noun 〙 = snail (snail) 《season: summer》 [Shinsen Jikyo (around 898-901)] ※ Tsutsumi Chunagon (mid-11th century-around 13th century) Princess who loved insects "Collecting snails, snails, etc."

Den-den-demushi [snail]

Name: Another name for "snail". ※Joruri, Wada Kassen Onna Maizuru (1736) 1 "A snail hairpin hangs in the middle of a snake and a frog. They stare at each other with their horns facing each other ."

Snail

〘Name〙 (It is said that it means "snail of the lagoon" ) Another name for "snail" (snail). [Shinsen Jikyo (around 898-901)]

Den-den-mushi [snail]

〘Noun〙 (A variant of the word "dedemushi") Another name for "snail (snail)". 《Season: Summer》 [Names of Things (1775)]

Snail (cochlea)

〘Noun〙 = snail (snail)

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「かたつぶり」の変化した語) 軟体動物、有肺類に属する大形陸貝の総称。前鰓類のヤマタニシなど陸産の種を含めることもある。殻は右巻きのものが多い。頭や胴体の一部を殻の外に出して移動するが、乾燥時や驚いた時は殻の中にひっこめる。頭に二対の触角があり、長い方の一対の先端に明暗を識別できる目がある。短い方の一対は、化学物質を感じる器官といわれている。柔らかい体の表面は粘液でおおわれる。血管が網状に集まって肺の働きをする外套腔(がいとうこう)で呼吸する。口にはやすり状になった歯舌があり、これで主に枯死した草や木の葉などをなめるようにして食べ、農作物に害を与えることもある。雌雄同体で、土中に卵を産む。ふつうにみられるオナジマイマイのほか、クロイワマイマイ、ウスカワマイマイなど日本では約六〇〇種ほど知られている。でんでんむし。かたつぶり。かいつむり。まいまい。まいまいつぶろ。まいまいつぶり。かぎゅう。ででむし。《季・夏》※天理本狂言・蝸牛（室町末‐近世初）「かたつむりを用れは其ままよひと申程に、せがれをよび出しかたつふりを取にやらうと云てよひ出す」

か‐ぎゅうクヮギウ【蝸牛】

[1] 〘名〙＝かたつむり（蝸牛）《季・夏》※扶桑集（995‐999頃）七・与野土唱和往復之後余思未洩更勒二章以代懐〈惟良春道〉「蝸牛有_レ舎客身隠、檻虎_レ顔作_レ気難」〔爾雅注‐釈魚〕[2] 狂言。各流。長寿の薬の蝸牛をとってくるように主(しゅう)に命ぜられた太郎冠者が、山伏を蝸牛と間違え、さんざんになぶられる。