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カニクイイヌ

Meanings

1

noun

crab-eating fox; forest fox; wood fox

usually written using kana alone

A species of fox native to South America, Cerdocyon thous. In Japanese, usually written in katakana as カニクイイヌ.

カニクイイヌは南みなみアメリカに生せい息そくするキツネの一いっ種しゅです。
The crab-eating fox is a species of fox that lives in South America.

Written forms

カニクイイヌ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
蟹かに食くい犬いぬ
Kanji form is rare and may not be widely recognized; learners should use kana.

Kanji

蟹crab
食eat, food
犬

dog

Etymology

Compound of 蟹 (kani, 'crab') + 食い (kui, 'eating') + 犬 (inu, 'dog'), literally 'crab-eating dog'. The name is a calque of the English 'crab-eating fox'.