pratincole
/ˈprætɪŋkəʊl/noun
1- a long-winged fork-tailed insectivorous bird related to the plovers, resembling a swallow in flight and typically living near water林鹬。
1.1
- Genus Glareola (and Stiltia), family Glareolidae: several species, in particular G. pratincole of Africa and the Mediterranean.燕鸻属(和 反嘴鹬属), 燕鸻科:数种, 尤指非洲和地中海地区的领燕鸻。
词源
late 18th cent.: from modern Latin pratincola, from Latin pratum 'meadow'+incola 'inhabitant'.