Pratincole

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pratincole \Pra"tin*cole\, n. (Zool.)
     Any bird of the Old World genus {Glareola}, or family
     {Glareolid[ae]}, allied to the plovers. They have long,
     pointed wings and a forked tail.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pratincole
       n : Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs;
           closely related to the coursers [syn: {glareole}]