大山猫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	山	猫
おお Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1	ねこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 山猫 (yamaneko, “wild cat”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおやまねこ [òóyáꜜmànèkò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːja̠ma̠ne̞ko̞]

Noun

大(おお)山(やま)猫(ねこ) • (ōyamaneko) ^{←おほやまねこ (ofoyamaneko)^?}

a Eurasian lynx

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オオヤマネコ.

Derived terms

欧(ヨー)羅(ロッ)巴(パ)大(オオ)山(ヤマ)猫(ネコ) (Yōroppa ōyamaneko)
オオヤマネコ属(ぞく) (Ōyamaneko-zoku)

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