海蜥蜴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海 蜥 蜴
うみ
Grade: 2 		とかげ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 海(うみ) (umi, “sea”) + 蜥蜴(とかげ) (tokage, “lizard”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うみとかげ [ùmítóꜜkàgè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟mʲito̞ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

海(うみ)蜥蜴(とかげ) or 海蜥蜴(ウミトカゲ) • (umitokage) 

  1. synonym of 海イグアナ (umi-iguana, “marine iguana”)
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