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

IPA^(key)[pio̞ɾi]
Phonetic Hangul[비오리]

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

Noun

비오리 • (biori)

A merganser.
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) (accessed 2007-01-08), “비오리”, 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

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