capra
キャプラ
解説 Definition
Capra は、生物分類でヤギ属を指すラテン語由来の属名です。英語では学名の一部として使われることが多く、一般名の goat とは使われる場面が異なります。
The scientific genus that includes domestic goats, wild goats, ibexes, and closely related animals in the family Bovidae. In biological writing, Capra is used as a taxonomic name rather than as the ordinary English word for a goat.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Capra はラテン語 capra「雌ヤギ」に由来し、生物分類ではヤギやアイベックスを含む「ヤギ属」の学名です。一般名 goat の代わりに日常会話で使う語ではなく、Capra species、the genus Capra の形が典型です。学名の属名なので先頭を大文字にし、同じ語根を持つ Capricorn「山羊座」も記憶の手掛かりになります。
Connect Capra with the Latin word for a female goat and with Capricorn, the zodiac sign represented by a goat. In zoology, Capra is the genus containing domestic goats and several wild goats and ibexes. Picture a scientific chart labeled “genus Capra” rather than an everyday conversation about a goat. This distinction is important: goat is the ordinary English common name, while Capra is a taxonomic label. As a genus name, it begins with a capital letter and is conventionally italicized in scientific text, especially in combinations such as Capra species.
例文
The chart lists Capra as a genus in the goat family.
その図表では、キャプラがヤギ科の属として示されています。
Several wild goats belong to the genus Capra.
いくつかの野生のヤギはキャプラ属に属します。
The researcher compared Capra species from different mountain regions.
研究者は異なる山岳地域のキャプラ属の種を比較しました。
capra の類義語・関連語
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capra の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 capra（雌ヤギ）に由来するイタリア語の姓。映画監督フランク・キャプラで有名。同語根の関連語に Capricorn（山羊座、capra＋cornu＝ヤギの角）や capricious（気まぐれな＝ヤギのように跳ね回る）がある。
Capra is directly taken from Latin capra, meaning “she-goat,” and was adopted as the zoological genus name for goats and closely related animals. The same Latin element appears in Capricorn, historically formed from words referring to a goat and a horn. Capra also occurs as an Italian surname, including that of filmmaker Frank Capra, but the biological use in this entry is the Latin-derived scientific name of the genus.
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