carrancha

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The Brazilian kite (Polyborus brasiliensis).

词形变化

carranchas plural

词源

Apparently first attested in English in 1839, in the writings of Darwin, and usually said to be from a native name imitating the bird's cry. However, compare dialectal Spanish carrancha (“dog collar with spikes”) (from *carrancula), a form of carlanca (metathesized from *carcannula, from Late Latin carcannum): the birds' coloration does sometimes resemble a collar.
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