狐猿

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きつね
Hyōgai
さる > ざる
Grade: S
kun'yomi
 キツネザル下目 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

(kitsune, fox) +‎ (saru, monkey). Compare Chinese 狐猴 (húhóu, literally fox monkey), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally fox monkey) and Vietnamese vượn cáo (literally fox ape).

Pronunciation

Noun

(きつね)(ざる) or 狐猿(キツネザル) (kitsunezaru

  1. a lemur

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN