pratincole

American  

[prat-ing-kohl, prat-n-] / ˈpræt ɪŋˌkoʊl, ˈpræt n- /

noun

1. any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.

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pratincole British  

/ ˈprætɪŋˌkəʊl, ˈpreɪ- /

noun

1. any of various swallow-like shore birds of the southern Old World genus Glareola and related genera, esp G. pratincola, having long pointed wings, short legs, and a short bill: family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes

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Etymology

Origin of pratincole

< New Latin Pratincola (1756) genus name, equivalent to Latin prāt ( um ) meadow + incola inhabitant ( in- ², -colous )

Example Sentences

I saw at a glance he was right, and jumping up, espied among the clamorous crowd of marsh-terns, avocets, stilts, pratincoles, and other birds overhead, a single pair of strangers—small, very long-necked gulls.

From Project Gutenberg

During the gloaming the air has been alive with the darting forms of bats, terns, and pratincoles, of swifts and swallows, all busily hawking after insects or slow-flying beetles.

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