toki

See also: Toki, Tóki, Tọki, töki, tǿki, and токи

English

Etymology

From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊki/, /ˈtoʊki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊki, -oʊki

Noun

toki (plural tokis)

1. A Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon).
   • 1934, Frederic de Garis, Atsuharu Sakai, We Japanese‎, page 354:

     The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron.

   • 1982, A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Tokyo: Kodansha International, page 8:

     The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.

   • 1988, Look Japan‎, volume 34, page 118:

     The few remaining toki live on Sado Island in Japan and in China.

   • 2015, T. Turner, Japan Travel Guide 2017‎:

     Sado is home of the Toki (Japanese Crested Ibis), however there are no wild Ibis left in Sado[.]

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