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pratincole

[ prat-ing-kohl, prat-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.


pratincole

/ 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
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pratincole1

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

Origin of pratincole1

C18: from New Latin pratincola field-dwelling, from Latin prātum meadow + incola inhabitant
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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.

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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