| 单词 | capercaillie |
| 释义 | capercaillie /kap'euhr kayl"yee/, n. a large grouse, Tetrao urogallus, of Eurasian forests. Also, capercailzie /kap'euhr kayl"yee, -kayl"zee/. [1530-40; < ScotGael capull coille (by dissimilation), lit., horse of the woods; for first element, cf. ME capel horse, ON kapall nag, from the same source (prob. Celtic) as L caballus horse; sp. lz is early typographical rendering of manuscript sp. l + yogh letter (repr. palatal l); cf. parallel sp. of surnames Mackenzie, Menzies] |
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