Jisho

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Noun
1. Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus); Temminck's cormorantUsually written using kana alone
Wikipedia definition
2. Japanese CormorantThe Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), also known as Temminck's Cormorant, is a cormorant native to East Asia. It lives from Taiwan north through Korea and Japan to the Russian Far East. The Japanese Cormorant has a black body with a white throat and cheeks and a partially yellow bill. It is one of the species of cormorant that has been domesticated by fishermen in a tradition known in Japan as ukai (鵜飼). It is called umiu (ウミウ sea cormorant) in Japanese.
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