笛烏

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふえ
Grade: 3
からす > がらす
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 フエガラス on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

(ふえ) (fue, flute) + (からす) (karasu, crow). The karasu changes to garasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

{[ja-noun|ふえがらす|フエガラス}}

  1. pied currawong, Strepera graculina

Usage notes

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