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エゾクロテン

Meanings

1

noun

Japanese sable; Hokkaido sable

usually written using kana alone

A subspecies of sable (Martes zibellina brachyura) native to Hokkaido. Used in zoological and ecological contexts.

エゾクロテンは北ほっ海かい道どうの森しん林りんに生せい息そくしている。
The Japanese sable inhabits the forests of Hokkaido.

Written forms

エゾクロテン
kana-only spelling
Usually written in katakana as a species name; the kanji form 蝦夷黒貂 is rare.
蝦夷えぞ黒くろ貂てん
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in older or formal biological texts.

Kanji

蝦shrimp, prawn, lobster
夷

barbarian, savage, Ainu

黒black

貂marten, sable

Etymology

Compound of 蝦夷 (Ezo, old name for Hokkaido) and 黒貂 (kuroten, sable). The exact derivation is uncertain, but the name refers to the sable subspecies found in Hokkaido.