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- Cajun French · derived frompapabote
- English todaypapabote
From Cajun French papabote, pape-a-bote. See Old French bote (“high shoe, boot”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A bird, the upland sandpiper. Full definition →
From Cajun French papabote, pape-a-bote. See Old French bote (“high shoe, boot”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.