襟巻蜥蜴

Japanese
Kanji in this term
襟 巻 蜥 蜴
えり
Grade: S		 ま(き)
Grade: 6		 とかげ
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
襟卷蜥蜴 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えりまきと​かげ [èrímákítóꜜkàgè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɾʲima̠kʲito̞ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

襟(えり)巻(まき)蜥蜴(とかげ) • (erimakitokage) 

  1. frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as エリマキトカゲ.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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