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Definition of Pratincole
1. Noun. Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers.
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird, Shore Bird, Shorebird
Group relationships: Genus Glareola, Glareola
Definition of Pratincole
1. n. Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.
Definition of Pratincole
1. Noun. Any of several species of birds in the genera ''Glareola'' or ''Stiltia'' of the family Glareolidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pratincole
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pratincole
Literary usage of Pratincole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1855)
"COLLARED pratincole. AUSTRIAN pratincole. Glareola torquata, MEYER. ...
THE pratincole is abundant on the continent of Europe in Hungary, Dalmatia, Turkey, ..."
2. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1826)
"THE pratincole, AUSTRIAN pratincole. ... Circumstances connected with our
arrangement, oblige us to introduce the pratincole immediately after the Swallow ..."
3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"Austrian pratincole, Lath. Syn. 5. 222. t. 85—Mont. Ornith. Dict. Sup. with a
figure.—Bullock in Trans. Linn. Soc. 11. 177. Glareola Senegalensis et Naevia, ..."
4. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"pratincole. GLAREOLA TORQUATA. THE pratincole is a rare accidental visitant in
Great Britain, and has been only added to the list of British Birds since the ..."
5. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE pratincole is an inhabitant of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe,
Africa, and Asia, and occurs in the British Islands as a rare straggler. ..."
6. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"... birds — Migrating birds — Gulls and pratincole—The camp — Sugar factory—Wild
fowl—An inundation—Arab village— A good "right and left"—Collecting ..."
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