알락오리

Korean
알락오리

Etymology

Literally "speckled duck." From 알락 (allak, “speckling”) + 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[a̠ɭɭa̠ɡo̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[알라고리]
Revised Romanization? allagori
Revised Romanization (translit.)? allag-oli
McCune–Reischauer? allagori
Yale Romanization? allak.oli

Noun

알락오리 • (allagori)

  1. The gadwall (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-08), “알락오리”, 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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