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鼯鼠

鼯鼠

Chinese

Petaurista leucogenys rat; mouse
simp. and trad.
(鼯鼠)

Noun

鼯鼠

  1. flying squirrel

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) んが [mòmóꜜǹgà] (Nakadaka - [2])
  • IPA(key): [mo̞mõ̞ŋɡ̃a̠]

Noun

鼯鼠 (hiragana ももんが, katakana モモンガ, romaji momonga)

  1. flying squirrel