猿食鷲

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
猿	食	鷲
さる Grade: S	く(い) Grade: 2	わし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

猿 (saru, “monkey”) +‎ 食い (kui, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)) +‎ 鷲 (washi, “eagle”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さるくいわし (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

猿(さる)食(くい)鷲(わし) or 猿食鷲(サルクイワシ) • (sarukuiwashi) ^{←さるくひわし (sarukufiwasi) or サルクヒワシ (sarukufiwasi)^?}

Synonym of フィリピン鷲 (Firipin washi, “Philippine eagle”); a monkey-eating eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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