針土竜

Japanese
Kanji in this term
針 土 竜
はり
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irregular
Alternative spelling
針土龍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 針 (hari, “needle”) +‎ 土竜 (mogura, “mole”). 土竜 is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はりも​ぐら [hàrímóꜜgùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾʲimo̞ɡɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

針土竜(はりもぐら) • (harimogura) 

  1. a short-beaked echidna

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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