白亜紀
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 白 | 亜 | 紀 |
| はく Grade: 1 |
あ Grade: S |
き Grade: 5 |
| kan'on | ||
| Alternative spellings |
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| 白亞紀 (kyūjitai) 白堊紀 (dated) |
Etymology
白亜 (hakua, “white chalk”) + 紀 (-ki, “period”); appears no later than 1883 (in the book 地学要略), but the precise time is unknown.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- the Cretaceous
- 2002 September 30 [1996 September 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太と銀河超特急 (大長編ドラえもん; 16), 20th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 126:
- 「オルニトミムス」白亜紀後半のダチョウ型恐竜。猛スピードで走りまわる。雑食性。木の実などなんでも食べる。
- “Orunitomimusu” Hakuaki kōhan no dachōgata kyōryū. Mō-supīdo de hashirimawaru. Zasshokusei. Ko no mi nado nan demo taberu.
- Ornithomimus: Ostrich-like dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. These are extremely fast runners. They are also omnivores. They eat fruit and other things.
- 「オルニトミムス」白亜紀後半のダチョウ型恐竜。猛スピードで走りまわる。雑食性。木の実などなんでも食べる。