しぎ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
Kanji used
snipe
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)
painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)