Meanings
plural pratincoles
- Any of several species of birds in the genera Glareola and Stiltia.
The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 59Synonyms: greywader
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several species of birds in the genera Glareola and Stiltia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounOld World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpratincola“meadow-dweller”
- Englishpratincole
From Latin pratincola (“meadow-dweller”).
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Bulgarian блатна лястовица
- блатна лястовица (blatna ljastovica)Translations
Catalan perdiu de mar
- perdiu de marTranslations
Czech ouhorlík
- ouhorlíkTranslations
Polish żwirowiec
- żwirowiecTranslations
Russian тиркушка
- тиркушка (tirkuška)Translations
Turkish bataklık kırlangıcı
- bataklık kırlangıcıTranslations
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Cite this entry
pratincole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pratincole
“pratincole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pratincole. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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