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鼠海豚

鼠海豚

Chinese

		rat; mouse	dolphin
simp. and trad. (鼠海豚)		鼠	海豚

Noun

鼠海豚

a harbour porpoise

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼠	海	豚
ねずみ Hyōgaiji	Grade: 2	Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

鼠 ‎(nezumi, “rat; mouse”) +‎ 海豚 ‎(iruka, “dolphin”)

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
(Tokyo) ねずみいるか [nèzúmí íꜜrùkà] (Nakadaka - [4])
IPA^(key): [ne̞zɯᵝmi iɾ̠ɯᵝka̠]

Noun

鼠海豚 ‎(hiragana ねずみいるか, katakana ネズミイルカ, romaji nezumiiruka)

a harbour porpoise

Derived terms

小頭鼠海豚