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The character "鸬" is a phono-semantic compound formed from the semantic component "鸟", meaning bird, and the phonetic component "卢", which indicates its pronunciation. Its traditional form, "鸕", uses the phonetic component "盧" in place of "卢". The character has historically appeared almost exclusively in the term "鸬鹚" to denote the cormorant, an aquatic bird, and its meaning has remained specifically tied to this reference without substantive change.
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