恐竜
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 恐 | 竜 |
| きょう Grade: S |
りゅう Grade: S |
| kan’on | goon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 恐龍 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 恐 (kyō, “fearful”) + 竜 (ryū, “dragon”), a calque of New Latin Dinosaurus. Coined by Matajirō Yokoyama in 1895.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
恐竜 • (kyōryū) ←きようりゆう (kyouryuu)?
- a dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria)
- 1939, 天然紀念物調査報告書（南樺太白堊系化石）, 樺太廳, page 80:
- 小形のトラコドン型恐龍は深い寧ろ廣く短い前額部に於て多分急な頭骨を具ふ。
- Kogata no torakodon-gata kyōryū wa fukai mushiro hiroku mijikai zengakubu ni oite tabun kyū na tōkotsu o sonau.
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 小形のトラコドン型恐龍は深い寧ろ廣く短い前額部に於て多分急な頭骨を具ふ。
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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