noun
toki
TOH-kee
Toki (noun) means the Japanese crested ibis, a rare bird native to Japan (Nipponia nippon). Example: “Conservationists have worked for decades to bring the toki back from near extinction.”
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The Japanese crested ibis, a rare bird native to Japan (Nipponia nippon).
"The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron."
— Frederic de Garis, Atsuharu Sakai (1934)
"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."
— A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Tokyo: Kodansha International (1982)
"Conservationists have worked for decades to bring the toki back from near extinction."
"The few remaining toki live on Sado Island in Japan and in China."
— Look Japan (1988)
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Etymology
From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki).
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What does “toki” mean?
The word “toki” means the Japanese crested ibis, a rare bird native to Japan (Nipponia nippon).
How do you pronounce “toki”?
“Toki” is pronounced TOH-kee (/ˈtəʊki/ in IPA).
How do you use “toki” in a sentence?
Here is “toki” used in a sentence: “Conservationists have worked for decades to bring the toki back from near extinction.”
What part of speech is “toki”?
“Toki” is a noun.
Where does the word “toki” come from?
The word “toki” comes from Japanese.
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