Word Meaning 鬚鯨

ひげくじら higekujira

鬚鯨 is read as ひげくじら (higekujira) and means baleen whale.

Meaning

English

  1. baleen whale
  2. whalebone whale
  3. mysticete

Reading

Kana

ひげくじら

Romaji

higekujira

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鯨鬚

げいす

whalebone

くじら

whale (Cetacea spp.)

捕鯨

ほげい

whaling

五島鯨

ごとうくじら

larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

大西洋背美鯨

たいせいようせみくじら

North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

小背美鯨

こせみくじら

pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)

北極鯨

ほっきょくくじら

bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

南背美鯨

みなみせみくじら

southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)

反捕鯨

はんほげい

opposition to whaling

白長須鯨

しろながすくじら

blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

山鯨

やまくじら

wild boar meat

座頭鯨

ざとうくじら

humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)