浮巣鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮	巣	鳥
うき Grade: S	す Grade: 4	とり > どり Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
浮巢鳥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

浮巣 (ukisu, “floating nest”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うきすどり [ùkísúꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟kʲisɨdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

浮(うき)巣(す)鳥(どり) • (ukisudori) 

1. grebe
   1. little grebe
2. vagrant

Synonyms

• (grebe): 鸊鷉(かいつぶり) (kaitsuburi), 鳰(にお) (nio), 鳰鳥(におどり) (niodori), 息長鳥(しながどり) (shinagadori), 潜(むぐ)り (muguri)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN