烏帽子鳥

Japanese

烏帽子鳥 (eboshidori): a pair of Knysna turacos, showing the distinctive head plumage.

Kanji in this term
烏	帽	子	鳥
え Jinmeiyō	ぼう > ぼ Grade: S	し Grade: 1	とり > どり Grade: 2
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Etymology

Compound of 烏帽子 (eboshi, “an ancient style of hat worn by Japanese nobility”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”), from the way that the bird's head plumage resembles the shape of the eboshi hat. The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)鳥(どり) or 烏帽子鳥(エボシドリ) • (eboshidori) 

1. (in general) a turaco (any bird of family Musophagidae)
2. (more specifically) a Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix)

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 エボシドリ.

Further reading

• エボシドリ科 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Turaco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Musophagidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies