different between coly vs colp

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin colius, probably from Ancient Greek ?????? (koliós, “a kind of woodpecker”).

Noun

coly (plural colies)

1. Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
   • 1999, Michael A. Mares, Mousebird, entry in Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 378,

     Coliiformes is the only order of birds endemic to Africa. Six species from two genera (Urocolius and Colius) are recognized, all of which are sedentary. Mousebirds (also known as colies) range through sub-Saharan open savannas and are often common in such areas.

Usage notes

Extant species of order Coliiformes are classified into the genera Colius and Urocolius, both in family Coliidae.

Synonyms

• (bird): mousebird

See also

• Coliiformes (order)
• Coliidae (family)

Anagrams

• cloy

English

Etymology 1

Noun

colp (plural colps)

1. Alternative form of collop

Etymology 2

Noun

colp (plural colps)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for colposcopy.

Further reading

• colp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• CPOL, OLPC, clop, ploc

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?lp/

Noun

colp m (plural colps)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of cop

Derived terms

• colpejar
• colpisme
• colpista

Further reading

• “colp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colp” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “colp” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “colp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• cop
• coup

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kólaphos, “blow, smack”).

Noun

colp m (oblique plural cols, nominative singular cols, nominative plural colp)

1. strike; hit

Related terms

• colper/coper

Descendants

• French: coup
• Norman: co, coup
• Walloon: côp

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kólaphos, “blow, smack”).

Noun

colp m (oblique plural colps, nominative singular colps, nominative plural colp)

1. blow; strike; hit

Descendants

• Catalan: colp
• Occitan: còp

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “colaphus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 865