鮫鶲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鮫	鶲
さめ Hyōgai	ひたき > びたき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

鮫(さめ) (same, “shark”) + 鶲(ひたき) (hitaki, “flycatcher”). The hitaki changes to bitaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠me̞bʲita̠kʲi]

Noun

鮫(さめ)鶲(びたき) or 鮫鶲(サメビタキ) • (samebitaki) 

1. dark-sided flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica

Usage notes

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