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drongo

drongo · drongos · drongoes

Any bird of the genus DicrurusAny bird of the genus Dicrurus.

Значение

значений: 2

Any bird of the genus Dicrurus.
(Австралия, Новая Зеландия, пренебрежительное, сленг)A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.

Происхождение

From Malagasy drongo. From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bir

From Malagasy drongo.

From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo.

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