"kiskadee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kiskadees [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia, from the bird's call. Head templates: {{en-noun}} kiskadee (plural kiskadees)
  1. Either of two species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. Wikipedia link: kiskadee Categories (lifeform): Tyrant flycatchers Derived forms: great kiskadee, lesser kiskadee Translations (species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family): quiquiuè [masculine] (Catalan), kiskadie (Dutch), pitango (Esperanto), quiquivi [masculine] (French), Schwefeltyrann (German), bentewi (Polish), bem-te-vi [masculine] (Portuguese), kiskadi [masculine] (Portuguese), triste-vida [masculine] (Portuguese), bienteveo [masculine] (Spanish), bentevi (Swedish), kiskadi (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family",
      "word": "pitango"
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      "word": "kiskadi"
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      "sense": "species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bienteveo"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family",
      "word": "bentevi"
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      "sense": "species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family",
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