猿食鷲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
猿 食 鷲
さる
Grade: S		 く(い)
Grade: 2		 わし
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

猿 (saru, “monkey”) +‎ 食い (kui, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)) +‎ 鷲 (washi, “eagle”)

Pronunciation
  • Kun’yomi
    • (Tokyo) さるく​いわし [sàrúkúꜜìwàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝiɰᵝa̠ɕi]

Noun

猿食鷲 (hiragana さるくいわし, katakana サルクイワシ, rōmaji sarukuiwashi, historical hiragana さるくひわし, historical katakana サルクヒワシ)

  1. Synonym of フィリピン鷲 (Firipin washi, “Philippine eagle”); a monkey-eating eagle

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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