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オオメダイチドリ

Meanings

1

noun

greater sand plover

usually written using kana alone

A migratory shorebird (Charadrius leschenaultii) found in East Asia and Australasia. In Japanese, bird names are conventionally written in katakana.

オオメダイチドリは春はると秋あきに日本にほんを通つう過かする渡わたり鳥どりです。
The greater sand plover is a migratory bird that passes through Japan in spring and autumn.

Written forms

オオメダイチドリ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this bird species.
大おお目め大だい千ち鳥どり
Kanji spelling is rare; the bird name is almost always written in katakana.

Kanji

大large, big
目

eye, class, look

千thousand

鳥bird, chicken

Etymology

The name is composed of 大目 (large eye) and 大千鳥 (large plover), but the exact derivation is uncertain.