| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pratincole |
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| SYLLABICATION: | prat·in·cole |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr t n-k l , pr t-, prt ng-, prtng- |
| NOUN: | Any of several Old World shore birds of the genera Glareola and Stiltia of the family Glareolidae, having brown and black plumage, long pointed wings, a forked tail, and a tapered bill. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin prtincola : Latin prtum, meadow + Latin incola, inhabitant; see kwel-1 in Appendix I.
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