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diederik, diedrik S. Afr.|ˈdiːdərɪk, ˈdiːdrɪk|
Also didric, diedrick.
[Imitative.]
A small African cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius (see quot. 1790).
1790E. Helme tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Afr. I. 347 The green-golden cuckoo of the Cape... Perched on the tops of large trees, it continually repeats, and with a varied modulation, these syllables, di, di, didric, as distinctly as I have written them; for this reason I have named it the didric. 1853Edin. New Philos. Jrnl. LV. 82 The pretty notes of the..diedrick further enliven the growing day. 1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn ix. 122 The intermittent calls of michi and diedrik. 1959Gill & Winterbottom First Guide S. Afr. Birds (ed. 6) 109 Didric or Diederik Cuckoo, Diedrikkie; Chrysococcyx caprius. |