carranchan.

/kəˈrantʃə/

Forms: Also carancha, car(r)ancho.

Etymology: < a South American Indian language.

A South American caracara or carrion-hawk, Polyborus tharus.

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1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 64 Polyborus Braziliensis..is most numerous on the grassy savannahs of La Plata (where it goes by the name of Carrancha).

1869 W. H. Hudson Let. 22 Dec. in Ornithol. Buenos Ayres (1951) ii. 10 This sayno swamp is a great breeding place for the Carranchos, and for hawks.

1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. 81 Polyborus tharus..Carancho Carrion-Hawk.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 901/1 The carrancha or carrion-hawk..is one of the characteristic features of a Patagonian landscape.

1920 W. H. Hudson Birds of La Plata II. 76 South of Paraguay the Spanish name is Carancho, possibly a corruption of Keanché, the Puelche name for the allied Milvago chimango, in imitation of its peevish cry.

1920 W. H. Hudson Birds of La Plata II. 77 The Caranchos pair for life, and may therefore be called social birds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	carrancha
释义	carranchan. /kəˈrantʃə/ Forms: Also carancha, car(r)ancho. Etymology: < a South American Indian language. A South American caracara or carrion-hawk, Polyborus tharus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Polyborus (carrancha) caracara1838 carrancha1839 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 64 Polyborus Braziliensis..is most numerous on the grassy savannahs of La Plata (where it goes by the name of Carrancha). 1869 W. H. Hudson Let. 22 Dec. in Ornithol. Buenos Ayres (1951) ii. 10 This sayno swamp is a great breeding place for the Carranchos, and for hawks. 1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. 81 Polyborus tharus..Carancho Carrion-Hawk. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 901/1 The carrancha or carrion-hawk..is one of the characteristic features of a Patagonian landscape. 1920 W. H. Hudson Birds of La Plata II. 76 South of Paraguay the Spanish name is Carancho, possibly a corruption of Keanché, the Puelche name for the allied Milvago chimango, in imitation of its peevish cry. 1920 W. H. Hudson Birds of La Plata II. 77 The Caranchos pair for life, and may therefore be called social birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1839
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