diederikdiedrikn.
/ˈdiːd(ə)rɪk/, U.S. /ˈdid(ə)ˌrɪk/, South African English /ˈdiːd(ə)rɪk/, /ˈdɪd(ə)rɪk/ South African.
A small African cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius (see quot. 1790).
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1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant 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.
1853 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 55 82 The pretty notes of the..diedrick further enliven the growing day.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn ix. 122 The intermittent calls of michi and diedrik.
1959 Gill & Winterbottom First Guide S. Afr. Birds (ed. 6) 109 Didric or Diederik Cuckoo, Diedrikkie; Chrysococcyx caprius.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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