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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

지상조

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jisangjo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ground-bird/ˈɡraʊnd.bɜːd/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"꿩은 대표적인 지상조로 날기보다는 주로 걷거나 뜁니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A bird that habitually lives, nests, and feeds on or near the ground, often having poor or limited flying ability.

    "The quail is a well-known ground-bird that prefers to escape predators by running through dense underbrush rather than flying."
  2. 2

    Any of various terrestrial avian species characterized by robust legs and adaptations for walking or scratching at the earth.

    "Ecological surveys of the forest floor frequently record the presence of various ground-bird species foraging for seeds and insects."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English nouns 'grunnd' (earth, soil) and 'brid' (young bird, later generalized to all avian species). The term emerged in ornithological and dialectal contexts to describe birds that habitually feed, nest, or spend the majority of their time running on the ground rather than flying.

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