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鷿鷈

简䴙䴘 · 繁鷿鷈

Mandarin · pinyin pì tī

(zoology) grebe (Podicipediformes)

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䴙: pì · little grebe, dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
䴘: tī · grebe

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4–1 · pi4 ti1

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