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土つち斑はん猫みょう
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
Alt. forms
つちはんみょう
土つち斑はん猫みょう
地胆つちはんみょう
Kanji used
土
earth
斑
spot
猫
cat
Pitch accent
つ
ちは
んみょう
Composed of
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica); blister beetle; oil beetle
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
Meloe coarctatus (species of oil beetle)