검둥오리

Korean

Etymology

From 검둥 (geomdung) +‎ 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geomdung'ori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geomdung'oli
McCune–Reischauer?kŏmdungori
Yale Romanization?kemtwungoli

Noun

검둥오리 • (geomdung'ori)

  1. The common scoter, Melanitta nigra.

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (8 January 2007 (last accessed)) “검둥오리 [geomdung'ori]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎[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
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