毛綿鴨

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Japanese

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

()綿(わた)(がも) or 毛綿鴨(ケワタガモ) (kewatagamo

  1. a king eider

Usage notes

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

References

  1. ^ 毛綿鴨”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 毛綿鴨”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN