襟巻蜥蜴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
襟	巻	蜥	蜴
えり Grade: S	ま(き) Grade: 6	とかげ
		Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi		jukujikun

Alternative spelling
襟卷蜥蜴 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えりまきと​かげ [èrímákítóꜜkàgè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɾʲima̠kʲito̞ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

襟(えり)巻(まき)蜥蜴(とかげ) • (erimakitokage) 

1. frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii

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 エリマキトカゲ.