Word Meaning 妹背鳥

いもせどり imosedori

妹背鳥 is read as いもせどり (imosedori) and means any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits).

Meaning

English

any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Reading

Kana

いもせどり

Romaji

imosedori

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 148346 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

妹背

いもせ

sibling

一石二鳥

いっせきにちょう

killing two birds with one stone

渡り鳥

わたりどり

migratory bird

七面鳥

しちめんちょう

turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

成鳥

せいちょう

adult bird

愛鳥

あいちょう

pet bird

一石三鳥

いっせきさんちょう

killing three birds with one stone

手形千鳥

てがたちどり

fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

合法鳥

がっぽうどり

cuckoo

米食鳥

こめくいどり

bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)

九官鳥

きゅうかんちょう

common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa)

石千鳥

いしちどり

stone curlew