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ハシビロコウ (はしびろこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ハシビロコウ

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Meanings

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noun

shoebill

usually written using kana alone

A large, stork-like bird native to tropical East Africa, known for its distinctive shoe-shaped bill.

ハシビロコウは動うごかない鳥とりとして有ゆう名めいだ。
The shoebill is famous as a bird that doesn't move much.
動どう物ぶつ園えんでハシビロコウを見みた

。

I saw a shoebill at the zoo.

Written forms

ハシビロコウ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
嘴広鸛はしびろこう
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly used in scientific or formal contexts; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

嘴beak, bill
広wide, broad, spacious
鸛Japanese stork

Etymology

The Japanese name ハシビロコウ is a compound of 嘴 (はし, 'beak'), 広 (ひろ, 'wide'), and 鸛 (こう, 'stork'), describing the bird's broad bill. The exact origin of the name is uncertain, but it likely arose from descriptive naming in Japanese ornithology.