天狗蝙蝠

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 狗 蝙 蝠
てん
Grade: 1		 く > ぐ
Hyōgaiji		 こうもり
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
on’yomi goon jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 天狗(てんぐ) (tengu, “long nosed mountain spirit”) + 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori, “bat”)

Noun

天(てん)狗(ぐ)蝙蝠(こうもり) or 天狗蝙蝠(テングコウモリ) • (tengukōmori) 

  1. Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat, Murina hilgendorfi

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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