森燕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
森 燕
もり
Grade: 1 		つばめ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

森(もり) (mori, “forest”) + 燕(つばめ) (tsubame, “swallow”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mo̞ɾʲit͡sɨba̠me̞]

Noun

森(もり)燕(つばめ) or 森燕(モリツバメ) • (moritsubame) 

  1. white-breasted woodswallow, Artamus leucorynchus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.