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Definition of pimlico in English: pimliconoun ˈpɪmlɪkəʊ rare 1Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri, a small shearwater of tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific, and western Atlantic Oceans, whose head and body are black above and white below. Chiefly Caribbean in later use. 2Australian. Any of various honeyeaters of the genus Philemon, of northern and eastern Australia; a friarbird.
Origin Early 17th century. Imitative of the bird's call, partly assimilated to Pimlico. Definition of pimlico in US English: pimliconounˈpɪmlɪkəʊ rare 1Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri, a small shearwater of tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific, and western Atlantic Oceans, whose head and body are black above and white below. Chiefly Caribbean in later use. 2Australian. Any of various honeyeaters of the genus Philemon, of northern and eastern Australia; a friarbird.
Origin Early 17th century. Imitative of the bird's call, partly assimilated to Pimlico. |