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ヨコバイガラガラヘビ (yokobaigaragarahebi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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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.
The sidewinder's sideways movement is efficient on sand.
Kanji 横 sideways, side, horizontal 蛇 snake, serpent, hard drinker Related 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.
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.
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.
