killdee
[kil-dee]
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The Blackfeet names for the killdee and for the big curlew are in imitation of the cry of each bird.
Jack the Young TrapperGeorge Bird Grinnell
He ran along before the children as nimbly as a killdee, talking and laughing all the time.
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer CountryJoel Chandler Harris
The meadow larks call from the pasture, and overhead the killdee pipes his plaintive call.
Byways Around San Francisco BayWilliam E. Hutchinson