개구리매

Korean

Etymology

Literally "frog hawk." From 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”) + 매 (mae, “hawk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ke̞ɡuɾime̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[개구리매]
Revised Romanization? gaegurimae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gaegulimae
McCune–Reischauer? kaegurimae
Yale Romanization? kaykwulimay

Noun

개구리매 • (gaegurimae)

  1. The marsh harrier, Circus spilonotus.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-09), “개구리매”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, ISBN 89951415-0-6
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