雪頬白

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪 頬 白
ゆき
Grade: 2 		ほお
Hyōgai 		しろ > じろ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
雪頰白 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, “snow bunting”, 雪(ゆき) (yuki, “snow”) + 頬白(ほおじろ) (hōjiro, “meadow bunting”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟kʲiho̞ːʑiɾo̞]

Noun

雪(ゆき)頬(ほお)白(じろ) or 雪頬白(ユキホオジロ) • (yukihōjiro) 

  1. snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

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.