兎蝙蝠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兎	蝙	蝠
うさぎ Jinmeiyō	こうもり
	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 兎(うさぎ) (usagi, “rabbit, hare”) + 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori, “bat”)

Noun

兎(うさぎ)蝙蝠(こうもり) or 兎蝙蝠(ウサギコウモリ) • (usagikōmori) 

1. brown long-eared bat, common long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus

Usage notes

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