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糸巻鱝 [rK] 糸巻鱏 [rK] 糸巻エイ [sK] 糸巻えい [sK]
イトマキエイ (nokanji)いとまきえい
1. [n] [uk]
▶ spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica)
▶ Japanese devil ray



History:
8. A 2024-01-26 21:20:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK. An odd one.
  Diff:
@@ -30 +30 @@
-<gloss>spinetail devil ray (Mobula japonica)</gloss>
+<gloss>spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica)</gloss>
7. A* 2024-01-26 18:38:24  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=649708
>> Mobula japonica  (Müller and Henle, 1841)
>> Valid Name: 	Mobula japanica (Müller and Henle, 1841)

https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/e/view/9031858
>> Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841)
>> Status Reason: Spelling Variation
>> accepted as Mobula japanica

English N-gram Counts
  Mobula japanica   192
  Mobula japonica    48
  Comments:
The literature overwhelmingly prefers "japanica" here. Of the handful of web search results that "Mobula japonica" gets, most of them say it's a mistake or variation.
6. A 2024-01-26 09:56:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
japanica 1552
japonica 523160
  Comments:
We have 211 entries with japonica and 1 with japanica. The correct Latinized term is Japonica.
  Diff:
@@ -30 +30 @@
-<gloss>spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica)</gloss>
+<gloss>spinetail devil ray (Mobula japonica)</gloss>
5. A* 2024-01-26 02:54:29  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinetail_mobula
>> The spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica), ...

gg5: Mobula 「japanica [japonica].

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 糸巻エイ   │     0 │  0.0% │ - sK
│ 糸巻えい   │     0 │  0.0% │ - sK
│ 糸巻鱝    │     0 │  0.0% │ - rK (daijr)
│ 糸巻鱏    │     0 │  0.0% │ - rK (kanjipedia, gg5)
│ いとまきエイ │    33 │  2.3% │ - drop
│ いとまきえい │    77 │  5.3% │
│ イトマキエイ │ 1,347 │ 92.5% │ - move up
╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
"japonica" seems to be an older name.
  Diff:
@@ -4,0 +5,8 @@
+<keb>糸巻鱝</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>糸巻鱏</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -5,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -8,0 +18 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -10,16 +19,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>糸巻鱝</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>糸巻鱏</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>いとまきエイ</reb>
-<re_restr>糸巻エイ</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>いとまきえい</reb>
-<re_restr>糸巻えい</re_restr>
-<re_restr>糸巻鱝</re_restr>
-<re_restr>糸巻鱏</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
@@ -29,0 +24,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>いとまきえい</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -33 +30 @@
-<gloss>spinetail devil ray (Mobula japonica)</gloss>
+<gloss>spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica)</gloss>
4. A 2017-09-10 21:38:30  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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