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pratincole

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prat=in=cole

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pratincole has 1 sense

pratincole(n = noun.animal) glareole - Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers; Array

is a kind of limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

is a member of genus glareola, glareola

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pratincole, n.

Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pratincole, n. any of various birds of the subfamily Glareolinae, inhabiting sandy and stony areas and feeding on insects.

Etymology

mod.L pratincola f. L pratum meadow + incola inhabitant

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