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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ウミアイサ

Native Script:海鴨

Pronunciation / Transliteration: umiaisa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sea-duck/ˈsiː.dʌk/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"北国の海岸で多くの海鴨が観察された。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of various diving ducks of the tribe Mergini that typically frequent coastal marine waters rather than fresh water.

    "A large flock of sea-ducks was bobbing gracefully on the choppy coastal waves during their winter migration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound of the Old English words 'sǣ' (sea) and 'dūce' (duck, related to the verb 'dūcan', meaning to dive or duck). It emerged in ornithological nomenclature during the 19th century to collectively designate waterfowl of the tribe Mergini that predominantly inhabit marine coastal environments.

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