棘尾大蜥蜴

Readings

Kana: とげおおおとかげ、トゲオオオトカゲ

Romaji: togeoootokage, togeoootokage

Definition

noun

1

ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: リッジテールモニター

Kanji

棘

Readings: キョク、 いばら、 とげ

Meanings: thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers

尾

Readings: ビ、 お

Meanings: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

蜥

Readings: シャク、 セキ、 とかげ

Meaning: a lizard

蜴

Reading: エキ

Meaning: lizard