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ja:くちばし

Originally from 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”) + 端(はし) (hashi, “tip; edge”). The hashi changes to bashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First attested around 850 CE.
The kanji is composed of 口(くち) (kuchi) and 觜(はし) (hashi, “beak; bill”). See also Etymology 2.

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1999 March 1, “スピック [Spick]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

It frightens faint-hearted opponents with its blaring wails and massive bill.

くちばしがとても大きく、大声で鳴き気の弱い相手を驚かせる。

Kuchibashi ga totemo ōkiku, ōgoe de naki kinoyowai aite o odorokaseru.

1999 March 1, “ディッグ・ビーク [Dig Beak]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

It attacks with its beak as its long body coils like a snake.

ヘビのように長い体をまるめ、回転しながらくちばしで攻撃。

Hebi no yō ni nagai karada o marume, kaiten shi nagara kuchibashi de kōgeki.

1999 October 17, “くちばしヘビ [Beaked Snake]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:

It attacks by pecking at its opponent with its huge beak while constricting them with its long body.

相手を長い体で締め上げ、大きなくちばしでつついて攻撃。

Aite o nagai karada de shimeage, ōkina kuchibashi de tsutsuite kōgeki.


嘴

Cognate with 端(はし) (hashi, “tip; edge”).


海獺

Rare variant of kaitatsu above, using the 慣用音 (kan'yōon) of datsu for the 獺 character.


マウス

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Borrowed from German Maus, English mouse.


棘皮動物

ja-noun

棘(きょく)皮(ひ)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (kyokuhi dōbutsu)

棘皮動物 (canonical)
kyokuhi dōbutsu (romanization)

[kʲo̞kɯ̟çido̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

棘(きょく) (kyoku, “thorn”) + 皮(ひ) (hi, “skin”) + 動物(どうぶつ) (dōbutsu, “animal”); calque of translingual Echinodermata, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).


イエティー

ja-noun

イエティー • (ietī)

Borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”).


海産

海産の虫


UMA

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from U + M + A, coined as an acronym of unidentified mysterious animal by analogy with UFO (yūfō).

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2011 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) かまくらはどんだけ頑(がん)張(ば)って作(つく)っても次(つぎ)の日(ひ)にはどっかのクソガキに壊(こわ)される [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

……There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?

……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世に存在しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所に伝説のUMAが生息してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！

……Tada no Biggufutto nan te kono yo ni sonzaishi neeeee‼ Nan de konna tokoro ni densetsu no yūma ga seisokushiten daaa‼ Nan de Biggufutto ga sunīkā haitten dā!


雪男

ja-noun

雪(ゆき)男(おとこ) • (yukiotoko) ^(←ゆきをとこ (yukiwotoko)?)

雪男 (canonical)
yukiotoko (romanization)
yukiwotoko (romanization)
ゆきをとこ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) + 男 (otoko, “man”), calque of English snowman.

(cryptozoology) an abominable snowman, a yeti


ビッグフット

2011 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(ひゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) かまくらはどんだけ頑(がん)張(ば)って作(つく)っても次(つぎ)の日(ひ)にはどっかのクソガキに壊(こわ)される [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

…There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?

……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世に存在しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所に伝説のＵＭＡが生息してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！


鋏角

鋏角亜門

鋏角亜門 きょうかくあもん


腔腸動物

腔腸動物 (canonical)
kōchō dōbutsu (romanization)

[ko̞ːt͡ɕo̞ːdo̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]


ハレム

Borrowed from Turkish harem. From Arabic حَرِيم (ḥarīm), variant of حَرَم (ḥaram, “forbidden”).

(zoology) a group of female animals mating with a single male


霊長類学

霊(れい)長(ちょう)類(るい)学(がく) • (reichōruigaku) ^(←れいちやうるいがく (reityauruigaku)?)

霊長類学 (canonical)
reichōruigaku (romanization)
reityauruigaku (romanization)
れいちやうるいがく (hiragana historical)

霊長類 (reichōrui, “primates”) + 学 (-gaku, “-logy”)


吸盤

ja-noun

吸(きゅう)盤(ばん) • (kyūban) ^(←きふばん (kifuban)?)

吸盤 (canonical)
kyūban (romanization)
kifuban (romanization)
きふばん (hiragana historical)

(zoology, mechanics) sucker, suction pad, suction cup


卵胎生

卵胎生 (canonical)
rantaisei (romanization)


ネッシー

2008 February 20 [2006 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “「チャンスカメラ」で特(とく)ダネ写(しゃ)真(しん)を… [Breaking News Snapshots with the “Chance Camera”…]”, in ドラえもん＋(プラス) [Doraemon+], 4th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 23:

You took a picture of a UFO!! And Nessie at the park!?

UFOがうつってるわ‼公園にネッシーが⁉

Yūfō ga utsutteru wa‼ Kōen ni Nesshī ga⁉


腺疫

[sẽ̞ɰ̃e̞kʲi]

Appears to be a Japanese coinage, as a compound of 腺 (sen, “gland”, Japanese-coined kanji) + 疫 (eki, “pestilence, disease”).


脊索動物

ja-noun

脊(せき)索(さく)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (sekisaku dōbutsu)

脊索動物 (canonical)
sekisaku dōbutsu (romanization)

脊(せき)索(さく) (sekisaku, “notochord”) + 動(どう)物(ぶつ) (dōbutsu, “animal”); calque of translingual Chordata, from Latin chorda (“cord, string”).


えらあな

えらあな or エラあな • (eraana) ^(←えらあな (eraana)?)

えらあな (canonical)
エラあな (canonical)
eraana (romanization)
えらあな (hiragana historical)

From 鰓(えら) (era, “gill”) + 孔(あな) (ana, “hole”).


自切

自切 (canonical)
jisetsu (romanization)
zisetu (romanization)
じせつ (hiragana historical)

トカゲの尻尾の自切


趾行性

ja-noun

趾(し)行(こう)性(せい) • (shikōsei) ^(←しかうせい (sikausei)?)

趾行性 (canonical)
shikōsei (romanization)
sikausei (romanization)
しかうせい (hiragana historical)

趾 (“toe”) + 行 (“walking”) + 性 (“-ness; -ity”)


蹠行性

ja-noun

蹠(しょ)行(こう)性(せい) • (shokōsei) ^(←しょかうせい (syokausei)?)

蹠行性 (canonical)
shokōsei (romanization)
syokausei (romanization)
しょかうせい (hiragana historical)

蹠 (“sole”) + 行 (“walking”) + 性 (“-ness; -ity”)


蹄行性

ja-noun

蹄(てい)行(こう)性(せい) • (teikōsei) ^(←ていかうせい (teikausei)?)

蹄行性 (canonical)
teikōsei (romanization)
teikausei (romanization)
ていかうせい (hiragana historical)

蹄 (“hoof”) + 行 (“walking”) + 性 (“-ness; -ity”)


一雄多雌

一雄多雌 (canonical)
ichiyū tashi (romanization)

一 (“mono-”) + 雄 (“male”) + 多 (“poly-”) + 雌 (“female”)


一雌多雄

一雌多雄 (canonical)
isshi tayū (romanization)

一 (“mono-”) + 雌 (“female”) + 多 (“poly-”) + 雄 (“male”)


クラスパー

[kɯ̟ɾa̠sɨpa̠ː]


喉奥

Compound of 喉(のど) (nodo, “throat”) + 奥(おく) (oku, “place deep inside”). Literally, “place deep inside the throat”.


カラザ

(zoology) chalaza (spiral band in an egg)


食肉類

食肉類 (canonical)
shokunikurui (romanization)

[ɕo̞kɯ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ɾɯ̟i]

(zoology) carnivore (member of order Carnivora)