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phainopepla(dictionary)

kulak (iou) and phainopepla (iou)


kulak (iou)



kulak noun. ['ku:lak] L19.
[Russian, lit. 'fist, tight-fisted person' from Turkic &kdbelow;ol hand.]
Orig., a well-to-do Russian farmer or trader. Later, a peasant-proprietor working for his own profit in the Soviet Union.

phainopepla (iou)



phainopepla noun. L19.
[mod. Latin Phainopepla (see below), from Greek phaeinos shining + pepla robes.]
A crested silky flycatcher, Phainopepla niteus, of south-western N. America.