PRATINCOLE Definition & Meaning

pratincole

[ prat-ing-kohl, prat-n- ]

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noun

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

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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Origin of pratincole¹

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

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Origin of pratincole¹

C18: from New Latin pratincola field-dwelling, from Latin ��um meadow + incola inhabitant

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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.

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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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