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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers;
[syn: pratincole, glareole]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pratincole \Pra"tin*cole\, n. (Zool.)
   Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family
   Glareolid[ae], allied to the plovers. They have long,
   pointed wings and a forked tail.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pratincole
    n 1: Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs;
         closely related to the coursers [syn: pratincole,
         glareole]