비오리

Korean

비오리

Etymology

First recorded in the Dusi Eonhae, 1481, as "빗올히." Probably from 빗 (bit, “comb”) + 올히 (olhi, “duck”) (archaic form of 오리). These fish-eaters have sharply serrated bills, hence also known as sawbill, Dutch zaagbek, Spanish serreta, and Korean "comb duck."

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pio̞ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [비오리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	biori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bioli
McCune–Reischauer?	piori
Yale Romanization?	pioli

Noun

비오리 • (biori)

1. A merganser.
2. The common merganser, Mergus merganser.

Synonyms

• 바다비오리 (badabiori) (Note: Although they are seaducks, most of the mergansers prefer riverine habitats, only red-breasted mergansers being common on the sea.)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 8 (last accessed)) “비오리”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[1]
• Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN