毛綿鴨

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
綿

Grade: 2
わた
Grade: 5
かも > がも
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
毛綿鴨 (kewatagamo): a male king eider.
毛綿鴨 (kewatagamo): a female king eider.
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Etymology[edit]

Compound of (ke, hair) +‎ 綿 (wata, stuffing, batting) +‎ (kamo, duck), likely so called for the use of eiderdown.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()綿(わた)(がも) or 毛綿鴨(ケワタガモ) (kewatagamo

  1. a king eider

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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 毛綿鴨”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN