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エリマキトカゲ (えりまきとかげ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

エリマキトカゲ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

frilled lizard; frill-necked lizard

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the species Chlamydosaurus kingii, known for the large frill around its neck.

エリマキトカゲは危き険けんを感かんじると襟えりを広ひろげる。
The frilled lizard spreads its frill when it senses danger.
動どう物ぶつ園えんで初

はじ

めて

エリマキトカゲ

を

見み

た

。

I saw a frilled lizard for the first time at the zoo.

Written forms

エリマキトカゲ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
襟えり巻まき蜥蜴とかげ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
襟えり巻まき蜥蜴とかげ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

襟collar, neck, lapel
巻scroll, volume, book
蜥a lizard
蜴lizard

Etymology

Compound of 襟巻き (erimaki, 'muffler, scarf') + 蜥蜴 (tokage, 'lizard'), from the lizard's distinctive neck frill.