姫鵜

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひめ
Grade: S

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 ヒメウ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (ひめ) (hime, lady; princess) + () (u, cormorant).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ひめ)() or 姫鵜(ヒメウ) (himeu

  1. a pelagic cormorant, Urile pelagicus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒメウ.