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ヨコバイガラガラヘビ (よこばいガラガラへび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヨコバイガラガラヘビ

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Meanings

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noun

sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)

usually written using kana alonerare term

A venomous rattlesnake species found in deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known for its distinctive sideways locomotion.

See also: サイドワインダー

ヨコバイガラガラヘビは砂さ漠ばくに生せい息そくする毒どく蛇へびだ。
The sidewinder is a venomous snake that lives in deserts.

ヨコバイガラガラヘビの横よこ這ばいの動うごきは砂すなの上うえで効こう率りつ的てきだ。

The sidewinder's sideways movement is efficient on sand.

Written forms

ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
横よこ這ばいガラガラ蛇へび
Kanji spelling is rare and marked as such; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

横sideways, side, horizontal
這crawl, creep, grovel
蛇snake, serpent, hard drinker

Similar words

サイドワインダー
English loanword 'sidewinder' used in Japanese; ヨコバイガラガラヘビ is the native Japanese name, more common in biological contexts.
ガラガラヘビ
General term for rattlesnake; ヨコバイガラガラヘビ specifies the sidewinder species.

Etymology

Compound of 横這い (yokobai, 'sideways crawling') + ガラガラヘビ (garagarahebi, 'rattlesnake'). The name describes the snake's characteristic lateral locomotion.