ziczacn.

/ˈzɪkzak/

Forms: Also siksak, sagsag, sicsac, zi(c)kza(c)k.

Etymology: Ultimately < Arabic zaqzāq, saqsaq(Dozy).

An Egyptian species of plover, Pluvianus ægyptius ( Charadrius melanocephalus), which by its cry warns the crocodile of approaching danger; perhaps identical with the trochilus (see trochilus n.¹ 1).

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1844 W. D. Cooley Larcher's Notes Herod. I. ii. lxviii. 285 The bird called sagsag, or siksak, by the Arabs, is a species of plover.

1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant xii. 150 I was on the point of firing at his [sc. a sleeping crocodile's] eye, when I observed that he was attended by a bird called a ziczac.

1882 P. Robinson Noah's Ark iii Almost too lazy to keep his jaws open while the little ‘sicsac’ plover picked his teeth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ziczac
释义	ziczacn. /ˈzɪkzak/ Forms: Also siksak, sagsag, sicsac, zi(c)kza(c)k. Etymology: Ultimately < Arabic zaqzāq, saqsaq(Dozy). An Egyptian species of plover, Pluvianus ægyptius ( Charadrius melanocephalus), which by its cry warns the crocodile of approaching danger; perhaps identical with the trochilus (see trochilus n.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Charadrius > charadrius melanocephalus (crocodile-bird) ziczac1844 crocodile-bird1868 1844 W. D. Cooley Larcher's Notes Herod. I. ii. lxviii. 285 The bird called sagsag, or siksak, by the Arabs, is a species of plover. 1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant xii. 150 I was on the point of firing at his [sc. a sleeping crocodile's] eye, when I observed that he was attended by a bird called a ziczac. 1882 P. Robinson Noah's Ark iii Almost too lazy to keep his jaws open while the little ‘sicsac’ plover picked his teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1844
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