potoon.

Brit.

/pəʊˈtuː/, U.S.

/poʊˈtu/

Forms: 1800s– potoo, 1900s pottoo.

Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Probably imitative of the bird's call. Perhaps compare Twi patú owl.

Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous tropical American birds constituting the genus Nyctibius (family Nyctibiidae), which are related to nightjars and adopt a motionless upright posture, mimicking a dead branch, when resting; esp. (more fully common potoo, grey potoo) N. griseus.

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1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 42 The Potoo is not unfrequently seen in the evening..soon after sunset on some dead tree or fence-post, or floating by on noiseless wing, like an owl.

1890 Catholic World Jan. 508 From a neighboring tree a potoo gave one of its loud, hoarse ho-hoos, followed by a lower note from the depths of the throat.

1959 A. Portmann Animal Camouflage ii. 54 The American nightjar.., popularly called the poor-me-one, or common potoo.., is well known for its doleful song and its excellent disguise.

1980 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 11 202 Potoos, some frogmouths, and various passerines lay one-egg clutches.

1996 Independent (Nexis) 8 Sept. 13 Your pottoo is a bird, rather like a vast scruffy night-jar, with its huge mouth agape for a passing gnat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	potoo
释义	potoon. Brit. /pəʊˈtuː/, U.S. /poʊˈtu/ Forms: 1800s– potoo, 1900s pottoo. Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Probably imitative of the bird's call. Perhaps compare Twi patú owl. Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous tropical American birds constituting the genus Nyctibius (family Nyctibiidae), which are related to nightjars and adopt a motionless upright posture, mimicking a dead branch, when resting; esp. (more fully common potoo, grey potoo) N. griseus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Nyctibiidae (potoo) potoo1847 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 42 The Potoo is not unfrequently seen in the evening..soon after sunset on some dead tree or fence-post, or floating by on noiseless wing, like an owl. 1890 Catholic World Jan. 508 From a neighboring tree a potoo gave one of its loud, hoarse ho-hoos, followed by a lower note from the depths of the throat. 1959 A. Portmann Animal Camouflage ii. 54 The American nightjar.., popularly called the poor-me-one, or common potoo.., is well known for its doleful song and its excellent disguise. 1980 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 11 202 Potoos, some frogmouths, and various passerines lay one-egg clutches. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 8 Sept. 13 Your pottoo is a bird, rather like a vast scruffy night-jar, with its huge mouth agape for a passing gnat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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