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ヨーロッパヒキガエル (ヨーロッパひきがえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヨーロッパヒキガエル

Meanings

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noun

common toad; European toad

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the species Bufo bufo, a common toad found across Europe.

ヨーロッパヒキガエルはヨーロッパ全ぜん域いきに分ぶん布ぷしている。
The common toad is distributed throughout Europe.

Written forms

ヨーロッパヒキガエル
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this species name; the kanji form ヨーロッパ蟇 is rare.
ヨーロッパ蟇ひきがえる
Kanji spelling using 蟇 (toad); rarely used in modern texts.

Kanji

蟇toad

Etymology

From ヨーロッパ (Europe) + 蟇蛙 (ヒキガエル, toad). The exact derivation is straightforward; the katakana spelling is standard for this loanword-influenced compound.