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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRATINCOLE

From New Latin pratincola field-dwelling, from Latin prātum meadow + incola inhabitant.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRATINCOLE

pratincole  [ˈprætɪŋˌkəʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRATINCOLE

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conjunction
determiner
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Pratincole is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PRATINCOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pratincole

The pratincoles or greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground. Their short bills are an adaptation to aerial feeding. Their flight is fast and graceful like a swallow or a tern, with many twists and turns to pursue their prey. They are most active at dawn and dusk, resting in the warmest part of the day. Like the coursers, the pratincoles are found in warmer parts of the Old World, from southern Europe and Africa east through Asia to Australia. Species breeding in temperate regions are long distance migrants. Their two to four eggs are laid on the ground in a bare scrape. The Australian pratincole, the only species not in the genus Glareola, is more terrestrial than the other pratincoles, and may be intermediate between this group and the coursers.

Definition of pratincole in the English dictionary

The definition of pratincole in the dictionary is any of various swallow-like shore birds of the southern Old World genus Glareola and related genera, esp G. pratincola, having long pointed wings, short legs, and a short bill: family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRATINCOLE


arvicole
ˈɑːvɪˌkəʊl
borecole
ˈbɔːkəʊl
bricole
brɪˈkəʊl
calcicole
ˈkælsɪˌkəʊl
caracole
ˈkærəˌkəʊl
charcoal
ˈtʃɑːˌkəʊl
clearcole
ˈklɪəkəʊl
coal
kəʊl
cole
kəʊl
humicole
ˈhjuːmɪˌkəʊl
kohl
kəʊl
lignicole
ˈlɪɡnɪˌkəʊl
recoal
riːˈkəʊl
saxicole
ˈsæksɪˌkəʊl
skoal
skəʊl
terricole
ˈtɛrɪˌkəʊl
tubicole
ˈtjuːbɪˌkəʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRATINCOLE

prase
praseodymium
prat
Pratchett
prate
prater
pratfall
pratfallen
pratie
pratingly
pratique
Prato
Prato in Toscana
pratt
prattle
prattlebox
prattlement
prattler
prattlingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRATINCOLE

as a whole
asshole
casserole
console
controle
creole
dole
hole
in the hole
mole
on the dole
on the whole
outsole
parole
pole
Poole
role
sole
stole
whole

Synonyms and antonyms of pratincole in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pratincole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRATINCOLE

Find out the translation of pratincole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pratincole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pratincole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pratincole
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

canastera
570 millions of speakers

English

pratincole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pratincole
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pratincole
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тиркушка луговая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pratincole
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pratincole
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pratincole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pratincole
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pratincole
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pratincole
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pratincole
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pratincole
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại chim đồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pratincole
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रिटिनकोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bataklık kırlangıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pratincole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pratincole
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тиркушка луговая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pratincole
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεροχελίδονο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Rooivlerksprinkaanvoël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vadarsvala
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pratincole
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pratincole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRATINCOLE»

The term «pratincole» is normally little used and occupies the 115.487 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRATINCOLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pratincole» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pratincole» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pratincole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRATINCOLE»

Discover the use of pratincole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pratincole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
Collared (Redwinged) Pratincole Clareola pratincola 24-25 cm Rooivlerksprinkaanvoel This species differs from the Black-winged Pratincole in having rusty-coloured, not black, wing linings but these can appear black when the bird is backlit ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
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Birds of the Middle East
Collared. Pratincole. Glareola pratincola L: 25. W: 63. Distinctive, aerial wader, resembling marsh terns, having graceful fast flight, long pointed wings, deeply forked tail and short bill. Usually seen in loose flocks chasing winged insects.
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
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Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, ...
Pratincole. Glareola pratincola 26cm, 10" Breeding adult has pale buff throat surrounded by narrow black line (streaks in non-breeding birds); at rest, wing-tips and tail are roughly same length. In flight, shows white rump, deeply forked tail, and ...
Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2009
4
Shorebirds
51 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE G/areola maldivarum Other names: Large Indian, Eastern or Eastern Collared Pratincole The Oriental equivalent of the W Palaearctic and African Common Pratincole (50), but also shows plumage and structural ...
John Marchant, Peter Hayman, Tony Prater, 2010
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Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 26cm,10” [Red-winged Pratincole] Br ad has a pale buff throat surrounded by a narrow black line (streaks in non-br birds); at rest, wing tips and tail are approximately the same length. In flight, shows a ...
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004
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Birds of Essex
Vagrant: two records The Collared Pratincole has an Afrotropical and southwest Palearctic breeding distribution. In Europe, it breeds around the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, and in Asia as far as east Kazakhstan. Palearctic ...
Simon Wood, 2009
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The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII: The Malagasy Region: ...
Extralimital coursers are ground-feeding birds of dry habitats. Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius often included but probably not closely related (Fain and Houde 2007). 17 species across Old World; 4 pratincole species in genus Glareola ...
Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, 2013
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The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII: The Malagasy Region: ...
Extralimital coursers are ground-feeding birds of dry habitats. Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius often included but probably not closely related (Fain and Houde 2007). 17 species across Old World; 4 pratincole species in genus Glareola ...
Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, 2013
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Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and ...
On the ground the Oriental Pratincole runs well, but its short legs do not allow great speed. The Australian Pratincole, on the other hand, is an exceptionally good runner, catching much of its invertebrate food on the ground, pursuing it on foot ...
Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, 2011
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: And the Indian ...
COLLARED PRATINCOLE (Common, European) Glareola pratincola 25 cm F: Glareolidae Description: Medium-sized, short- legged wader with long, narrow wings and long forked tail. Sandy brown with sharp demarcation from white lower  ...
Bill Harvey, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRATINCOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pratincole is used in the context of the following news items.
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Endangered white-rumped vultures make comeback in Himachal
"Most of these birds were resident whereas the others like Yellow Wattled Lapwing, Small Pratincole, Lesser Whistling Duck, Indian Skimmer, ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
2
Pong Dam lake home to diverse species
Shridhar aid that dominant species observed and counted were Cattle Egret (3,348), Little Cormorant (2,003), Small Pratincole (1,377), Little ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Cleaning of Ameenpur Lake to begin from June 28
They include the Desert Wheatear, Greater Flamingos, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Small Pratincole, Oriental Pratincole, River Tern, ... «TeluguPeople, Jun 15»
4
Jewels of the sky: Changing weather brings colourful birds to Oman
“In addition to resident birds, this is a good season in Al Batinah to spot a number of summer visitors, such as the Collared Pratincole that can ... «Times of Oman, Jun 15»
5
Rare asian bird spotted at Aberdeenshire loch
It is thought to be just the fifth time the black-winged pratincole has been spotted in Scotland, as it typically lives in the warmer areas of ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
6
One fifth of Europe's birds are facing the threat of extinction
... Balearic Shearwater; Greater Spotted Eagle; Andalucian Hemipode; Black-winged Pratincole; Greater Sand Plover; Slender-billed Curlew; ... «Surfbirds News, Jun 15»
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Birds killed in Ballari's hail-storm rain
... Heron, Grey Heron, crows, common Myna, Copper Smith Barbet, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Small Pratincole among others, were found dead. «The Hindu, May 15»
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River terns holiday at Vairamani
River tern lays eggs with Pratincole and other terns, who are also increasingly making Vairamani their holiday home. In a colony of nests, there ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»
9
18 species sighted for the first time in Mindoro
The birds sighted were Oriental Cuckoo, Barred Rail, Pacific Golden Plover, Oriental Pratincole, Brown Booby, Hoopoe, Mantanani Scops Owl, ... «The Manila Times, Mar 15»
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It was birders' day out with rare finds
A flock of small Pratincole was also seen in the flood zone of Yamuna. At Aravalli Biodiversity Park, counting started early in the morning. «Times of India, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pratincole [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pratincole>. May 2024 ».
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