carrancha
词形变化
carranchas
复数
carranchas
释义与例句
n.
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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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