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Japanese
ミノバト on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
蓑 (mino, “straw raincoat”) + 鳩 (hato, “pigeon”). The hato changes to bato as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
蓑鳩 or 蓑鳩 • (minobato)
- Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).