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ミユビナマケモノ

Meanings

1

noun

three-toed sloth

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the animal genus Bradypus. Typically written in katakana as ミユビナマケモノ.

ミユビナマケモノは、中ちゅう南なん米べいの熱ねっ帯たい雨う林りんに生せい息そくしている。
The three-toed sloth lives in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.
動どう物ぶつ園えんでミユビナマケモノを見みた。
I saw a three-toed sloth at the zoo.

Written forms

ミユビナマケモノ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this animal name; usually written in kana.
三み指ゆび樹懶なまけもの
Kanji spelling is rare and may not be widely recognized; it but marks the word is listed as usually written in kana.

Kanji

三three
指

finger, point to, indicate

樹timber, trees, wood

懶languid, be lazy, be negligent

Similar words

フタユビナマケモノ
Two-toed sloth (Choloepus). Differs in number of toes and genus.
ナマケモノ
General term for sloth; can refer to any sloth species or be used figuratively for a lazy person.

Etymology

Compound of 三つ (mittsu, 'three'), 指 (yubi, 'finger/toe'), and 樹懶 (namakemono, 'sloth'). The kanji 樹懶 is an older Chinese-derived term for sloth, but the word is now almost always written in kana.