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チスイコウモリ (ちすいこうもり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

チスイコウモリ

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Meanings

1

vampire bat

usually written using kana alone

Refers to bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae that feed on blood.

チスイコウモリは夜や行こう性せいで、家か畜ちくの血ちを吸すう

こと

が

ある

。

Vampire bats are nocturnal and sometimes feed on the blood of livestock.

Kanji

血blood
吸suck, imbibe, inhale
蝙bat
蝠bat

Related words

吸きゅう血けつ蝙蝠こうもり
A more general term for vampire bat, often used in translations and not restricted to Desmodontinae. チスイコウモリ is the standard Japanese name for the subfamily.

Written forms

チスイコウモリ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is the most common written form; the word is usually written in kana.
血ち吸すい蝙蝠こうもり
Kanji spelling using 蝙蝠 for 'bat'; rarely used in practice.
血ち吸すい蝙蝠こうもり
Kanji spelling with okurigana; rarely used in practice.

Etymology

Compound of 血吸い (chisui, 'blood-sucking') + 蝙蝠 (kōmori, 'bat'). The katakana spelling is standard for animal names in biological contexts.