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ニューブリテンメンフクロウ

also: ニューブリテンめんふくろう

Meanings

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noun

New Britain masked owl; New Britain barn owl; golden masked owl; Bismarck owl; Bismarck masked owl

usually written using kana alone

A species of owl (Tyto aurantia) endemic to New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The name is usually written in katakana.

ニューブリテンメンフクロウはパプアニューギニアのニューブリテン島とうに生せい息そくする。
The New Britain masked owl inhabits the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

Written forms

ニューブリテン面めん梟ふくろう
Kanji spelling using 面梟 for 'masked owl'; rarely used in practice.
ニューブリテンめんふくろう

Kanji

面mask, face, features
梟owl, expose

Etymology

From New Britain (ニューブリテン) + 面梟 (めんふくろう, 'masked owl'), a calque of the English name.