squacco

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈskwækəʊ/    美 /ˈskwækoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
    — [A]n elegant ſpecies of Heron, common to Italy, to Switzerland, and perhaps other parts of Europe. It was firſt deſcribed by Aldrovand [Ulisse Aldrovandi], under the title of Sguacco, a Heron ſo called in the valley of Malalbergo: Mr. [Francis] Willughby calls it the Heron ſtyled Sguacco, we name it from its colours, the cream-coloured Heron.

词形变化

squaccos plural

词源

Borrowed from dialectal Italian sguacco; possibly ultimately imitative of the bird’s cry (compare squawk (“American night heron”)).
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