Nipponia

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Translingual

Nipponia nippon

Etymology

From Japanese 日本 (Nippon, Japan) + -ia.

Proper noun

Nipponia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – the sole species is the crested ibis.

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