| 单词 | capercaillie |
| 释义 | capercaillie[ kap-er-keyl-yee ] / ˌkæp ərˈkeɪl yi / nouna large grouse, Tetrao urogallus, of Eurasian forests. Also cap·er·cail·zie [kap-er-keyl-yee, -keyl-zee]. /ˌkæp ərˈkeɪl yi, -ˈkeɪl zi/. Origin of capercaillie1530–40; <Scots Gaelic capull coille (by dissimilation), literally, horse of the woods; for first element, compare Middle English capel horse, Old Norse kapall nag, from the same source (probably Celtic ) as Latin caballus horse; spelling lz is early typographical rendering of manuscript spelling l + yogh letter (representing palatal l); compare parallel spelling of surnames Mackenzie, Menzies Words nearby capercaillieCape pigeon, Cape pondweed, Cape primrose, Cape Province, caper, capercaillie, caper family, Capernaum, capers, Cape Sable seaside sparrow, capeskin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for capercaillie
British Dictionary definitions for capercailliecapercaillie capercailzie (ˌkæpəˈkeɪljɪ, -ˈkeɪlzɪ)/ (ˌkæpəˈkeɪljɪ) / nouna large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male Word Origin for capercaillieC16: from Scottish Gaelic capull coille horse of the woods Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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