Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
やんま
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
kan’on jukujikun
 銀蜻蜓 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

(ぎん)蜻蜓(やんま) (gin'yanma

  1. lesser emperor, Anax parthenope

Usage note edit

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