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氷舌 (ひょうぜつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

氷ひょう舌ぜつ

Meanings

1

ice tongue

Glaciological term for a long, narrow sheet of ice projecting from a coastline into the sea, typically an extension of a glacier or ice sheet.

南なん極きょくの氷ひょう舌ぜつは、棚たな氷ごおりから海うみに突つき出だしている。
Antarctic ice tongues project into the sea from ice shelves.

Kanji

氷icicle, ice, hail
舌tongue, reed, clapper

Related words

棚たな氷ごおり
棚氷 (ice shelf) is a thick floating platform of ice fed by glaciers, whereas 氷舌 is a narrower tongue-shaped projection, often an extension of a glacier or ice shelf into the sea.
氷ひょう河が
氷河 (glacier) is a large mass of ice moving over land, while 氷舌 specifically refers to the floating tongue-like extension into water.

Etymology

Compound of 氷 (ひょう, 'ice') and 舌 (ぜつ, 'tongue'), a calque of English 'ice tongue'.