銀蜻蜓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	蜻	蜓
ぎん Grade: 3	やんま
	Hyōgai	Hyōgai
kan'on	jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 銀(ぎん) (gin, “silver”) + 蜻蜓(やんま) (yanma, “large dragonfly”)

Noun

銀(ぎん)蜻蜓(やんま) • (gin'yanma) 

1. lesser emperor, Anax parthenope

Usage notes

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