Definitions For Squacco

Noun

SQUACCO (plural SQUACCOs) A species of pond heron, ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in asia, northern, northern africa, and southern europe. from mid 18th c. :

Translations

Afrikaans: ralreier Armenian: դեղին տառեղ Azerbaijani: sarı pırtlaşıqlələk Basque: lertxuntxo karramarrozalea Belarusian: жоўтая чапля, f Bulgarian: гривестата чапла Catalan: martinet ros, martinet ros comú Chinese: : Mandarin: 白翅黃池鷺, Norwegian: : Bokmål: topphegre Occitan: Polish: czapla modronosa, f Portuguese: papa-ratos, garça-caranguejeira Russian: жёлтая цапля, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: жута чапља Sicilian: Slovak: čaplička vlasatá Spanish: garcilla cangrejera, f Swedish: rallhäger, c Turkish: alaca balıkçıl Ukrainian: ча́пля жо́вта, f Welsh: crëyr melyn, m

See also

squawk, t=american night heron (nyctanassa violacea)

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal ;; possibly ultimately of the bird’s cry (compare squawk, t=American night heron).