針土竜

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Japanese

 針土竜 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Short-beaked echidna on Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
はり
Grade: 6
もぐら
Grade: 1 Grade: S
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
針土龍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (はり) (hari, needle) + 土竜(もぐら) (mogura, mole).

Pronunciation

Noun

(はり)土竜(もぐら) or 針土竜(ハリモグラ) (harimogura

  1. short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus

References

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