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单词 picarini
释义

picarinin.

Inflections: Plural picarinis, unchanged.
Forms: 1700s–1800s picarini, 1800s picarani (irregular).
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably ultimately imitative. Perhaps compare French regional (Landes) picarine green woodpecker. See further M. Desfayes A Thesaurus of Bird Names (1998) I. 425, 714.
British regional. Obsolete.
The avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta.
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1770 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) IV. 69 Avosetta..are found..near Fossdyke Wash, in Lincolnshire, called there Yelpers, on account of their noise; and sometimes Picarinis.
?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. I. at Avosetta Carrying their necks and long legs quite extended, and making a shrill noise continually reiterated; for which reason the country people usually call them yelpers, and sometimes picarini.
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Avocet—Scooping Provincial [names]. Butter-flip. Scooper. Yelper. Picarini. Crooked-bill. Cobler's-awl.
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Picarani, vide Avoset.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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