tapuit
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Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from tappen + uit, similar to flapuit??”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tapuit m (plural tapuiten, diminutive tapuitje n)
- northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
- Synonym: wijntapper
- chat, wheatear, used of certain songbirds of the subfamily Saxicolinae, especially of the genera Oenanthe, Saxicola, Myrmecocichla, Thamnolaea, Namibornis and Campicoloides; relatively few birds in other genera are called tapuit
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Further reading[edit]
- tapuit on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl