英：['prætɪŋ,kəʊl]
美：['prætɪŋˌkoʊl]
pratincole如何读
pratincole是什么意思
- n.[鸟]林鹬
pratincole英英释义
- n.Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
pratincole词源英文解释
ultimately from Latin pratum meadow + incola inhabitant, from in- + colere to cultivate — more at wheel
The first known use of pratincole was in 1773
pratincole 例句
1 I saw at a glance he was right, and jumping up, espied among the clamorous crowd of marsh-terns, avocets, stilts, pratincoles, and other birds overhead, a single pair of strangers—small, very long-necked gulls.
2 During the gloaming the air has been alive with the darting forms of bats, terns, and pratincoles, of swifts and swallows, all busily hawking after insects or slow-flying beetles.