禽きん鳥ちょう

noun

birds; fowl

A formal, literary term for birds, often used in classical or poetic contexts. In modern Japanese, 鳥 (とり) is the common word.

• 古ふるい詩しには禽きん鳥ちょうという言こと葉ばがよく出でてくる。

  The word 禽鳥 often appears in old poems.