Korean

Noun

해오라기 • ‎(hae-oragi)

1. (Perhaps the most impressive) white or snowy heron, egret. Note: the native Korean best suited for the Sino-Korean 백로 ‎(baengno), 白鷺, and the Japanese シラサギ (shirasagi), all literally meaning "white heron."
2. Old World grey heron (Ardea cinerea) ^, New World blue heron (Ardea herodias) ^. See: 표준국어대사전.
3. black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) ^. See: 표준국어대사전.
4. any species of the heron family, Ardeidae, including egret and bittern. See: "Derived terms."

Alternative forms

• 하야로비 ‎(hayarobi) (obsolete)
• 해오라비 ‎(hae-orabi) (obsolete)
• 해오리 ‎(hae-ori) (for short)

Synonyms

• 백로 (白鷺, baengno, baekro) white heron; heron family (Ardeidae)
• 백조 (白鳥, baekjo, baeg-) swan; white heron
• 왜가리 ‎(waegari) grey heron (Ardea cinerea); heron family (Ardeidae)

Derived terms

See also

• 고니 ‎(goni) swan
• 따오기 ‎(ttaogi) ibis
• 두루미 ‎(durumi) crane
  • 학 ‎(hak) (鶴) crane
• 황새 ‎(hwangsae) stork

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-02), “해오라기”, in 표준국어대사전
• Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, ISBN 89951415-0-6
• Lee, Ju Haeng (이주행); Lee Kyu Hang (이규항), Kim Sang Jun (김상준) (2004), “해오라기”, in 한국어 발음사전: Korean Pronouncing Dictionary, Seoul: Jigu Publishing, ISBN 89-7006-165-7, page 760
• Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000). “해오라기”, 國語語原辭典, p.548, Seoul: Bogosa Books.