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)
① チドリ目シギ科タシギ属に属する鳥の一種。学名:Gallinago gallinago。
greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)
painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)