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バイカルアザラシ (バイカルあざらし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

バイカルアザラシ

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Meanings

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Baikal seal

usually written using kana alone

A species of seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia.

バイカルアザラシは世せ界かいで唯ゆい一いつ、淡たん水すいに生せい息そくする

アザラシ

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。

The Baikal seal is the only seal in the world that lives in fresh water.

Kanji

海sea, ocean
豹leopard, panther

Written forms

バイカルアザラシ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard; the word is usually written in kana.
バイカル海豹あざらし
Kanji spelling exists but is rarely used; 海豹 is the kanji for 'seal'.

Etymology

From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, 'Baikal') + アザラシ (azarashi, 'seal').