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English
Etymology
From Afrikaans piet-my-vrou, literally ‘Peter my wife’, supposed representation of the bird’s call.
Pronunciation
Noun
piet-my-vrou (plural piet-my-vrous)
- (South Africa) The red-chested cuckoo, Cuculus solitarus.