天狗蝙蝠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	狗	蝙	蝠
てん Grade: 1	く > ぐ Hyōgai	こうもり
		Hyōgai	Hyōgai
on'yomi	goon	jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 天狗(てんぐ) (tengu, “long nosed mountain spirit”) + 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori, “bat”)

Noun

天(てん)狗(ぐ)蝙蝠(こうもり) or 天狗蝙蝠(テングコウモリ) • (tengukōmori) 

1. Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat, Murina hilgendorfi

Usage notes

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