witgat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Afrikaans witgat.

Noun[edit]

witgat (plural witgats)

  1. (South Africa) Synonym of motlopi
    • 1972, Eve Palmer, Norah Pitman, Trees of Southern Africa:
      The witgats, Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides, are sometimes called shepherd's trees because their neat evergreen crowns cast a small but deep shadow in which for centuries shepherds and their flocks have rested.

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wit +‎ gat.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

witgat (plural witgatte)

  1. motlopi tree
    Synonyms: matoppie, witgatboom

Dutch[edit]

Tringa ochropus

Etymology[edit]

From wit (“white”) +‎ gat (“rump”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

witgat c (plural witgatten, diminutive witgatje n)

  1. The green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus

Further reading[edit]

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