毛綿鴨
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | ||
---|---|---|
毛 | 綿 | 鴨 |
け Grade: 2 |
わた Grade: 5 |
かも > がも Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 綿 (wata, “stuffing, batting”) + 鴨 (kamo, “duck”), likely so called for the use of eiderdown.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
毛綿鴨 or 毛綿鴨 • (kewatagamo)
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ケワタガモ.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “毛綿鴨”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “毛綿鴨”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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