kiskadee
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Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeia, from the bird's call.
Noun
[edit]kiskadee (plural kiskadees)
- Either of two species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
- 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 104:
- They always come out after the storm and join the kiskadees, the best way of telling when the rain well and truly over.