小鳳頭燕鷗

小凤头燕鸥
xiǎofèngtóuyànōu
(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 小 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
2 鳳 fèng phoenix
=3 頭 tóu
  1. head
  2. hair style
  3. the top
  4. end
  5. beginning or end
  6. a stub
  7. remnant
  8. chief
  9. boss
  10. side
  11. aspect
  12. first
  13. leading
  14. classifier for pigs or livestock

classifier: 個
=3 頭 tou suffix for nouns
=4 燕 yàn
  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  2. old variant of 宴 yàn
=4 燕 yàn variant of 燕 yàn
5 鷗 ōu common gull