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エゾオオカミ (えぞおおかみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

エゾオオカミ

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Meanings

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noun

Hokkaido wolf; Ezo wolf

usually written using kana alone

Extinct subspecies of gray wolf that lived in Hokkaido. Scientific name: Canis lupus hattai.

エゾオオカミは明めい治じ時じ代だいに絶ぜつ滅めつした。
The Hokkaido wolf went extinct in the Meiji period.
博はく物ぶつ館かんでエゾオオカミの剥

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製せい

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見み

た

。

I saw a stuffed Hokkaido wolf at the museum.

Written forms

エゾオオカミ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this extinct species name.
蝦夷えぞ狼おおかみ
Kanji spelling is rare; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

蝦shrimp, prawn, lobster
夷barbarian, savage, Ainu
狼wolf

Similar words

ニホンオオカミ
Refers to the Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax), a different extinct subspecies that lived on Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.

Etymology

Compound of 蝦夷 (Ezo, old name for Hokkaido) and 狼 (wolf). The exact derivation is straightforward; the kanji spelling is rarely used.