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陸生動物 (りくせいどうぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

陸りく生せい動どう物ぶつ

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Meanings

1

noun

land animals; terrestrial animals

Refers to animals that live primarily on land, as opposed to aquatic or aerial animals. Common in biological and ecological contexts.

陸りく生せい動どう物ぶつは、水すい中ちゅうではなく陸りく上じょうで生せい活かつする動どう物ぶつです。
Land animals are animals that live on land, not in water.
この地ち域

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陸りく

生せい

動どう

物ぶつ

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生せい

息そく

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て

いる

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A variety of land animals inhabit this region.

Kanji

陸land, six
生life, genuine, birth
動move, motion, change
物thing, object, matter

Similar words

水すい生せい動どう物ぶつ
Refers to aquatic animals, contrasting with 陸生動物 which refers to land animals.
両りょう生せい類るい
Amphibians, which live both on land and in water, whereas 陸生動物 are strictly terrestrial.

Etymology

Compound of 陸生 (rikusei, 'terrestrial') and 動物 (dōbutsu, 'animal'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound used in scientific and general contexts.