銀蜻蜓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀 蜻 蜓
ぎん
Grade: 3 		やんま
Hyōgai Hyōgai
kan'on jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 銀(ぎん) (gin, “silver”) + 蜻蜓(やんま) (yanma, “large dragonfly”)

Noun

銀(ぎん)蜻蜓(やんま) • (gin'yanma) 

  1. lesser emperor, Anax parthenope

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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