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天狗蝙蝠

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
く > ぐ
Hyōgai
こうもり
Hyōgai Hyōgai
on'yomi goon jukujikun
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Etymology

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Compound of 天狗(てんぐ) (tengu, long nosed mountain spirit) + 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori, bat)

Noun

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(てん)()蝙蝠(こうもり) or 天狗蝙蝠(テングコウモリ) (tengukōmori

  1. Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat, Murina hilgendorfi

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).