piet-my-vrou

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English

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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)

  1. (South Africa) A red-chested cuckoo, of species Cuculus solitarus.