Japanese

鴨カモノ嘴ハシ (kamo no hashi): the duck-billed platypus.

鴨嘴 (kamonohashi): the seed head of the smutgrass plant.

Noun

鴨嘴 ‎(hiragana かものはし, katakana カモノハシ, romaji kamo no hashi)

1. a platypus
2. Ischaemum aristatum var. glaucum, a kind of smutgrass or batiki bluegrass

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as カモノハシ.

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0