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单词 pimlico
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Definition of pimlico in English:

pimlico

noun 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:

pimlico

nounˈpɪmlɪkəʊ
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.

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