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楔尾绿鸠

xiē wěi lǜ jiū

4-character word Traditional 楔尾綠鳩

What 楔尾绿鸠 means

1. (bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)

The characters in 楔尾绿鸠

• 楔xiēwedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 尾wěitail; remainder; remnant
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

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