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▪ I. † ˈcampo1 Obs. School slang.
[? ad. L. campus field, perh. in some such phrase as in campo ‘in the play-ground’; or ? a. It. campo field.]
Play-field, play-ground.
1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. 299 Without running out to the Campo (as they tearme it) at schoole times. Ibid. There is no day but they will all looke for so much time to the Campo.
▪ II. ‖ campo2|ˈkampo|
[American Sp., f. Pg. or Sp. campo field, open country (see camp n.2).]
In Brazil, a grass plain with occasional stunted trees, a savannah. Also attrib.
1863Bates Nat. Amazons II. i, The country around Santarem..is a campo region; a slightly elevated and undulating tract of land, wooded only in patches, or with single scattered trees. 1931L. D. Stamp in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowledge 831 The campos of Brazil. 1944S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in Backlands ii. 79 Leaving the Alpine-like regions,..he will cross the great campos, a huge arena made to the measure of..the vaqueiros.
▸ campo flicker n. (also campos flicker) a black, white, and yellow woodpecker, Colaptes campestris, of eastern South America.
[1912Ld. Brabourne & C. Chubb Birds S. Amer. I. 168 Colaptes campestris... Pampas flicker. Carpentero: Pica-páo do Campo.] 1966R. Meyer de Schauensee Species of Birds 218 *Campos flicker. Campos regions of Brazil. 1984Biotropica 16 118/2 Several birds were seen to nest in holes in Cornitermes mounds—kestrels.., peach-fronted parakeets..—and park guards report a similar behavior for campo flickers. |