烏啄骨

烏啄骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	啄	骨
う Jinmeiyō	たく Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
goon		kan’on

Etymology

烏 (“crow”) +‎ 啄 (“pecking”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”), calque of New Latin os coracoīdeum

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) うたく​こつ [ùtákúꜜkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) うた​くこつ [ùtáꜜkùkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝta̠kɯ̟̊ᵝko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

烏(う)啄(たく)骨(こつ) • (utakukotsu) 

1. Synonym of 烏口骨 (ukōkotsu, “coracoid”) (small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates)