似鯨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
似	鯨
にたり Grade: 5	くじら Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にたりくじら [nìtáríkúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ita̠ɾʲikɯ̟ʑiɾa̠]

Noun

似(にたり)鯨(くじら) or 似鯨(ニタリクジラ) • (nitarikujira) ^{←にたりくぢら (nitarikudira) or ニタリクヂラ (nitarikudira)?}

1. a Bryde's whale

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 ニタリクジラ.