ひれあししぎ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. phalarope (any sandpiper of family Phalaropodidae)
Kanji used
fish fin
foot
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Composed of
fin (e.g. of a fish)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
red phalarope; grey phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)