killdee

[ kil-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Dialect.

The meadow larks call from the pasture, and overhead the killdee pipes his plaintive call.

He ran along before the children as nimbly as a killdee, talking and laughing all the time.

The Blackfeet names for the killdee and for the big curlew are in imitation of the cry of each bird.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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