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‖ titihoya, n. S. Afr.|ˌtɪtɪˈhɔjə|
[Zulu i-titihoye stone plover, echoic f. the bird's cry.]
Esp. in Natal: the black-winged plover, Stephanibyx melanopterus.
1948A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country i. i. 13 You may hear the forlorn crying of the titihoya, one of the birds of the veld. 1952F. J. Edmonstone Where Mists still Linger 29 You hear the plaintive call of the titihoya drifting with a sad melancholy across the veld. 1980A. Paton Towards Mountain xii. 86 Much of the beauty of the Ixopo countryside has gone.., and the titihoya does not cry there anymore. |