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白額鸌

简白额鹱 · 繁白額鸌

Mandarin · pinyin bái é hù

(bird species of China) streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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额: é · forehead; tablet, plaque; fixed
鹱: hù · (bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, gadfly petrels etc

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2–2–4 · bai2 e2 hu4

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