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獣弓目 (じゅうきゅうもく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

獣じゅう弓きゅう目もく

Meanings

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noun

Therapsida; therapsids

Scientific term for an order of advanced synapsids, including the ancestors of mammals. Used in paleontology and evolutionary biology contexts.

獣じゅう弓きゅう目もくは哺ほ乳にゅう類るいの祖そ先せんを含ふくむグループです。
Therapsida is a group that includes the ancestors of mammals.
この化か石せきは獣じゅう弓きゅう目もくに属ぞくすると考かんがえられています。
This fossil is thought to belong to the order Therapsida.

Kanji

獣animal, beast
弓bow, bow (archery, violin)
目eye, class, look

Similar words

単たん弓きゅう類るい
単弓類 (synapsids) is a broader clade that includes Therapsida and earlier synapsids. 獣弓目 is a specific order within synapsids.

Etymology

From 獣 (beast) + 弓 (bow) + 目 (order), a calque of the scientific name Therapsida, where 'thera-' is from Greek 'beast' and '-psida' is from 'arch' (referring to the zygomatic arch). The exact derivation of the Japanese term is uncertain; it is a modern taxonomic coinage.