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ウオクイコウモリ

Meanings

1

noun

fisherman bat; bulldog bat

usually written using kana alone

Refers to bats of the family Noctilionidae, known for catching fish. The term is primarily a zoological name.

ウオクイコウモリは中ちゅう南なん米べいに生せい息そくする。
The fisherman bat lives in Central and South America.

Written forms

ウオクイコウモリ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
魚うお食くい蝙蝠こうもり
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in older or technical texts.

Kanji

魚fish
食

eat, food

蝙bat

蝠bat

Etymology

Compound of 魚食い (fish-eating) and コウモリ (bat).