メジロ

noun

white-eye (bird family Zosteropidae)

Refers to the entire white-eye family of birds. In everyday Japanese, メジロ usually means the Japanese white-eye specifically.

• メジロ科かの鳥とりはアジアやアフリカに広ひろく分ぶん布ぷしている。

  Birds of the white-eye family are widely distributed across Asia and Africa.

noun

Japanese white-eye; Zosterops japonicus

The specific species commonly seen in Japan. Recognizable by its olive-green back and white eye-ring.

• 庭にわの梅うめの木きにメジロが来きている。

  A Japanese white-eye has come to the plum tree in the garden.

• メジロは目めの周まわりの白しろい輪わが特とく徴ちょうだ。

  The Japanese white-eye is characterized by the white ring around its eye.