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クビワコウモリ

Meanings

1

noun

Japanese short-tailed bat

usually written using kana alone

Scientific name: Eptesicus japonensis. A species of bat found in Japan.

クビワコウモリは日本にほん固こ有ゆう種しゅのコウモリです。
The Japanese short-tailed bat is a bat species endemic to Japan.

Written forms

クビワコウモリ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this species name.
頸くび輪わ蝙蝠こうもり
Kanji spelling; rarely used. The word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

頸neck, head
輪

wheel, ring, circle

蝙bat

蝠bat

Etymology

Compound of 首輪 (くびわ, 'collar') + 蝙蝠 (こうもり, 'bat'), referring to the collar-like marking around its neck.