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‖ teru-tero|ˈtɛruːˈtɛrəʊ| Also tero-tero, teru-teru. [From its noisy cry.] The Cayenne lapwing or spur-winged plover, Vanellus cayennensis.
1839Darwin Voy. Nat. vi. (1873) 114 The teru-tero..is another bird, which often disturbs the stillness of the night. 1884W. B. Barrows in The Auk July 278 (Funk) Tero⁓tero..is the bane of all water-fowl shooting in the marshes. |