おおトカゲ

also: おおとかげ · オオトカゲ

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Meanings

noun

monitor lizard

usually written using kana alone

Refers to lizards of the genus Varanus, typically large carnivorous lizards. The word is usually written in kana (katakana or hiragana) rather than kanji.

動どう物ぶつ園えんで大おおトカゲを見みた。
I saw a monitor lizard at the zoo.
大おおトカゲは主おもに東とう南なんアジアに生せい息そくしている。
Monitor lizards mainly inhabit Southeast Asia.

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Kanji

大large, big
蜥a lizard
蜴lizard

Related words

トカゲ
トカゲ is the general term for 'lizard', while 大トカゲ specifically refers to the larger monitor lizard species.
コモドオオトカゲ
コモドオオトカゲ is the Komodo dragon, the largest living species of monitor lizard.

Written forms

大おおトカゲ
Most common spelling; uses katakana for トカゲ as is typical for animal names.
大おお蜥蜴とかげ
Kanji spelling using 蜥蜴 for とかげ; rare and mainly found in older or specialized texts.
大おおとかげ
Mixed kanji-hiragana spelling; less common than 大トカゲ but still encountered.
オオトカゲ
kana-only spelling
Full-width katakana spelling; used in some contexts, especially when emphasizing the word or in all-katakana text.
おおとかげ

Etymology

Compound of 大 (おお, 'large') and トカゲ ('lizard'). The word is straightforward and transparent in meaning.