hadeda

English

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Etymology

Imitative of its call.

Noun

hadeda (plural hadedas)

  1. The hadada ibis.
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 204:
      A small formation of hadedahs, four or five of them, flew past overhead, shrieking their wild death-cries across the valley.

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