SQUACCOS

Noun

squaccos

plural of squacco

Source: Wiktionary


SQUACCO

Squac"co, n.; pl. Squaccos (. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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