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アシナシトカゲ (ashinashitokage) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アシナシトカゲ

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し

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Meanings

1

legless lizard; glass lizard; slow worm

usually written using kana alone

Refers to legless lizards of the family Anguidae, including glass lizards and slow worms. Not a snake, despite the appearance.

アシナシトカゲはヘビに似にているが、まぶたがあるのでトカゲの

仲なか

間ま

だ

と

わかる

。

The legless lizard looks like a snake, but you can tell it's a lizard because it has eyelids.

ヨーロッパにはアシナシトカゲの一いっ種しゅであるグラスリザードが生せい息そくしている。

Glass lizards, a type of legless lizard, inhabit Europe.

Kanji

足leg, foot, be sufficient
無nothingness, none, ain't
蜥a lizard
蜴lizard

Related words

ヘビ
Snakes are reptiles without legs, but legless lizards are distinct; they have eyelids and external ear openings, which snakes lack.
トカゲ
Typical lizards have four legs, while legless lizards have evolved to lose them.

Written forms

アシナシトカゲ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this animal name; usually written in kana.
足無蜥蜴あしなしとかげ
Kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
足あし無なし蜥蜴とかげ
Alternate kanji spelling with okurigana; rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 足無し (ashinashi, 'legless') + トカゲ (tokage, 'lizard'). The kanji spellings reflect this composition, but the word is usually written in kana.