carrancha

词形变化

carranchas 复数 carranchas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The Brazilian kite (Polyborus brasiliensis).

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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