Word Meaning 托卵

たくらん takuran

托卵 is read as たくらん (takuran) and means brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

Reading

Kana

たくらん

Romaji

takuran

Writing Variants

  • 託卵 たくらん takuran

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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種内托卵

しゅないたくらん

intraspecific brood parasitism

種間托卵

しゅかんたくらん

interspecific brood parasitism

托鉢

たくはつ

going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)

たまご

(an expert) in the making

鶏卵

けいらん

hen's egg

産卵

さんらん

egg-laying

受精卵

じゅせいらん

fertilized egg

生卵

なまたまご

raw egg

排卵

はいらん

ovulation

文士の卵

ぶんしのたまご

hatching writer

作家の卵

さっかのたまご

aspiring writer

加工卵

かこうらん

processed egg