tapuit
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from tappen + uit, similar to flapuit??”)
Pronunciation
Noun
tapuit m (plural tapuiten, diminutive tapuitje n)
- Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{taxlink}}with{{taxfmt}}if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)- Synonym: wijntapper
- chat, wheatear, used of certain songbirds of the subfamily Saxicolinae(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{taxlink}}with{{taxfmt}}if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.), especially of the genera Oenanthe, Saxicola, Myrmecocichla, Thamnolaea, Namibornis and Campicoloides; relatively few birds in other genera are called tapuit