歌鶇

See also: 歌鶫

Japanese

歌鶇 (utatsugumi): a song thrush singing.

Wikispecies

Kanji in this term
歌	鶇
うた Grade: 2	つぐみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
歌鶫 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 歌(うた) (uta, “song”) + 鶇(つぐみ) (tsugumi, “thrush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ta̠t͡sɨɡɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

歌(うた)鶇(つぐみ) or 歌鶇(ウタツグミ) • (utatsugumi) 

1. song thrush, Turdus philomelos

Usage notes

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