鬣犬

Japanese
鬣犬 (tategamiinu): a hyena.
Kanji in this term
鬣 犬
たてがみ
Hyōgaiji		 いぬ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鬣 (tategami, “standing hair” → “mane”) +‎ 犬 (inu, “dog”).[1] Compare Chinese 鬣狗.

Pronunciation

Noun

鬣犬 (hiragana たてがみいぬ, katakana タテガミイヌ, rōmaji tategamiinu)

  1. (rare) hyena

Usage notes

This term is rarely used anymore, having been replaced by ハイエナ (haiena) borrowed from English.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as タテガミイヌ.

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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