Where does “鼠海豚” come from?

鼠海豚 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

鼠海豚 (Japanese): a harbour porpoise

Definitions

  1. a harbour porpoise

Ancestry of “鼠海豚”, step by step

鼠海豚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鼠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鼠a mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
2Japanesenezumi—

via Japanese 海豚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海豚a dolphin or porpoise
2Chinese海豚dolphin

Words derived from “鼠海豚”

Every word from Japanese nezumi →Every word from Japanese 鼠 →