Illustration: In the chicken enclosure of a small Japanese family farm, a fully grown hen stands broad and steady beside several tiny chicks. Her complete layered plumage, developed comb, sturdy legs, and mature tail are clearly visible, contrasting with the chicks' soft down and short, unfinished wings.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

成せい鳥ちょう

seichou

adult bird

Example sentences

日本にっぽんでは漁りょうのための鵜うは成鳥せいちょうを捕獲ほかくして訓練くんれんするが、中国ちゅうごくでは完全かんぜんに家畜化かちくかされている。
In Japan the cormorant for fishing is an adult bird which is captured and disciplined, but in China it is completely domesticated.
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この鳥とりはまだ成鳥せいちょうではない。
This bird is not an adult yet.
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巣すの近ちかくに二羽にわの成鳥せいちょうがいた。
There were two adult birds near the nest.
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Kanji in 成鳥

成turn into; becomeOnセイ・ジョウKunなる・なす
鳥bird; chickenOnチョウKunとり

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