wù yīng

Traditional: 兀鷹

兀鹰 (wù yīng) is a Chinese word meaning “griffon vulture”.

Meanings

  1. 1griffon vulture

Characters in 兀鹰

兀wù · (literary) rising to a height; towering鹰yīng · general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

Related words

鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)老鹰(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey猫头鹰owl猎鹰falcon秃鹰vulture; condor黑鹰Black Hawk (helicoper)雄鹰male eagle; tercel夜鹰nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)飞鹰eagle兀(literary) rising to a height; towering兀surname Wu突兀lofty; towering

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