yè wěi hù

Traditional: 曳尾鸌

曳尾鹱 (yè wěi hù) is a Chinese word meaning “(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)”.

Meanings

  1. 1(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)

Characters in 曳尾鹱

曳yè · to drag尾wěi · tail鹱hù · (bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, gadfly petrels etc

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