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piet-my-vrou
piet-my-vrou [ pt may fr ] (plural piet-my-vrou)


noun 
Definition:
 
South Africa birds 
Same as  red-chested cuckoo
[Mid-18th century. An imitation of its call, altered as if it meant "Peter my wife" in Afrikaans]
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