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kalkoentjie, n. S. Afr.|kalˈkʊiŋki, -intʃi|
Also -tje, † calcoon.
[a. Afrikaans kalkoentjie, f. kalkoen turkey + -tjie, dim. suff.]
1. Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx; esp. the Cape longclaw, Macronyx capensis, which has a distinctive red throat and yellow breast.
1835T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 11 June in Voorloper (1976) 448 Shot three Calcoons this morning. 1867E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 120 Macronyx Capensis... Kalkoentje of Colonists, lit. Little Turkey... This handsome lark is common throughout all the open country. 1936E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 78 Cape Longclaw, kalkoentjie, cutthroat lark... A well-known bird; the name Kalkoentjie (little turkey) presumably referring to its red throat. 1937M. Alston Wanderings of Bird-Lover in Afr. i. 21 Mouse-birds I saw too, and Cape bulbuls, and several ‘Kalkoentjes’ or orange-throated long-claws..rose up from the grass as I walked along, and besides, there were chats and warblers.
2. Any of various plants of the family Iridaceae with flowers resembling a turkey's wattles, esp. the gladiolus Gladiolus alatus, native to the Cape, which bears brick-red and yellow flowers.
1906B. Stoneman Plants S. Afr. xix. 198 Gladiolus... Painted Ladies and ‘Kalkoentjes’ belong here. Eighty-one species of this large genus are found in South Africa. 1949Cape Times 13 Sept. 14/2 A colleague who drove to his farm..on Sunday reports seeing fields of gousblom, baby blue flax, lemon and mauve cineraria, lachenalias, blue bobbejantjies, kalkoentjies, scarlet sundew and other veld flowers. 1971Ibid. 28 Aug. 1/7 The display of cinerarias, forget-me-nots, daisies, vygies, gousblomme and kalkoentjies would not be a mass of colour till mid-September. |