비오리

Korean

비오리

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 빗올히 (Yale: pis.wolhi).

Probably from 빗 (Yale: pis, “comb”) + 올히 (Yale: wolhi, “duck”) (Modern Korean 오리 (ori)). These fish-eaters have sharply serrated bills, hence also known as English sawbill, Dutch zaagbek, Spanish serreta, and Korean "comb duck."

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pio̞ɾi]
Phonetic hangul: [비오리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	biori
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bioli
McCune–Reischauer^?	piori
Yale Romanization^?	pioli

Noun

비오리 • (biori)

A merganser.
The common merganser, Mergus merganser.

Synonyms

바다비오리 (badabiori) (Note: Although they are seaducks, most of the mergansers prefer riverine habitats, only red-breasted mergansers being common on the sea.)

References

National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 8 (last accessed)) “비오리 [biori]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎
Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN

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