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曳尾鸌

简曳尾鹱 · 繁曳尾鸌

Mandarin · pinyin yè wěi hù

(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)

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曳: yè · trail, tow, drag, pull
尾: wěi · tail, extremity; end, stern; 6th lunar mansion, determinative star μ¹ Scorpii (Xamidimura)
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鹱: hù · (bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, gadfly petrels etc

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4–3–4 · ye4 wei3 hu4

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