mother monkey
Refers to a female monkey that has offspring; used in zoology, animal behavior, and everyday contexts.
The mother monkey is carrying her baby on her back.
動物園で母猿が子猿に毛づくろいをしていた。
At the zoo, a mother monkey was grooming her baby.
Standard kanji spelling for 'mother monkey'.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling, often used in biological or informal contexts.
Mixed kanji-hiragana spelling, softer than 母ザル.
Compound of 母 (はは, 'mother') and 猿 (さる, 'monkey'). The reading ざる is a rendaku (sequential voicing) of さる.