団栗啄木鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
団	栗	啄	木	鳥
とん > どん Grade: 5	くり > ぐり Jinmeiyō	きつつき
		Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1	Grade: 2
tōon	kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
團栗啄木鳥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 団栗(どんぐり) (donguri, “acorn”) + 啄木鳥(きつつき) (kitsutsuki, “woodpecker”). The kuri reading for 栗 changes to guri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

団(どん)栗(ぐり)啄木鳥(きつつき) or 団栗啄木鳥(ドングリキツツキ) • (donguri kitsutsuki) 

1. an acorn woodpecker

Usage notes

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