kokkewietn.
/kɒkəˈviːt/, U.S. /ˌkɑkəˈvit/, South African English /kɒkəˈviːt/ South African.
= bokmakierie n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) > genus Malacnotus (bush-shrike)
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1896 E. Clairmonte Africander vii. 126 The kook-a-vic was piping his shrill note in a bush hard by. ‘Kook-a-vic, kook-a-vic, kook-a-vic.’
1926 O. Schreiner From Man to Man 49 A cock-o-veet came flying up to her.
1926 O. Schreiner From Man to Man 49 Kokkewiet: The Bush-shrike, a very handsome bird with resonant call notes of great beauty.
1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 49 Bokmakierie, Bacbakiri, Kokkewiet... The calls are duets by the inseparable pair.
1970 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. II. 401/1 Bokmakierie..is sometimes locally referred to as bakbakiri, kokkewiet, janpierewiet or bush-shrike.
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