pintado petrel

British

/ pɪnˈtɑːdəʊ /

noun

another name for Cape pigeon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of pintado petrel

C19: Portuguese: past participle of pintar to paint, referring to the mottled coloration

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023