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squacco

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskwækəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈskwækoʊ/

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squacco heron

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Italian sguacco; possibly ultimately imitative of the bird’s cry (compare squawk (“American night heron”)).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ralreier — Ardeola ralloides
  • Armenian: դեղին տառեղ (deġin taṙeġ) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Azerbaijani: sarı pırtlaşıqlələk — Ardeola ralloides
  • Basque: lertxuntxo karramarrozalea — Ardeola ralloides
  • Belarusian: жоўтая чапля (žówtaja čaplja) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Bulgarian: гривестата чапла (grivestata čapla) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Catalan: martinet ros — Ardeola ralloides
  • Catalan: martinet ros comú — Ardeola ralloides
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白翅黃池鷺 /白翅黄池鹭 (báichìhuángchílù) — Ardeola ralloides
  • East Circassian: псыхэуэгъуэжь (psəxɛwɛğwɛź) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Czech: volavka vlasatá — Ardeola ralloides
  • Danish: tophejre — Ardeola ralloides
  • Dutch: ralreiger — Ardeola ralloides
  • Esperanto: ralardeo — Ardeola ralloides
  • Faroese: topphegri — Ardeola ralloides
  • Finnish: rääkkähaikara — Ardeola ralloides
  • French: crabier chevelu — Ardeola ralloides
  • French: héron crabier — Ardeola ralloides
  • Galician: garza amarela — Ardeola ralloides
  • German: Rallenreiher — Ardeola ralloides
  • Greek: κρυπτοτσικνιάς (kryptotsikniás) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Hausa: makwabo — Ardeola ralloides
  • Hebrew: אנפית סוף — Ardeola ralloides
  • Hungarian: üstökösgém — Ardeola ralloides
  • Italian: sgarza ciuffetto — Ardeola ralloides
  • Japanese: カンムリサギ — Ardeola ralloides
  • Kazakh: сары құтан (sary qūtan) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Lithuanian: geltonasis garnys — Ardeola ralloides
  • Macedonian: жолта чапја (žolta čapja) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Maltese: agrett isfar — Ardeola ralloides
  • Norwegian Bokmål: topphegre — Ardeola ralloides
  • Polish: czapla modronosa — Ardeola ralloides
  • Portuguese: papa-ratos — Ardeola ralloides
  • Portuguese: garça-caranguejeira — Ardeola ralloides
  • Romanian: stârc galben — Ardeola ralloides
  • Russian: жёлтая цапля (žóltaja caplja) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Serbo-Croatian: жута чапља — Ardeola ralloides
  • Slovak: čaplička vlasatá — Ardeola ralloides
  • Spanish: garcilla cangrejera — Ardeola ralloides
  • Swedish: rallhäger — Ardeola ralloides
  • Turkish: alaca balıkçıl — Ardeola ralloides
  • Ukrainian: ча́пля жо́вта (čáplja žóvta) — Ardeola ralloides
  • Welsh: crëyr melyn — Ardeola ralloides
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