different between goldeneye vs garrot

English

Etymology

golden +? eye

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????ldn?.??/

Noun

goldeneye (plural goldeneyes)

1. Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage.
2. Any of several lacewings of the family Chrysopidae.
3. Any of several flowering plants of the subtribe Helianthinae.

Synonyms

• (seaduck): whistler
• (fly): green lacewing

Derived terms

• Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
• common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula

Translations

References

• Goldeneye (duck) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viguiera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Becuphela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chrysopidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Helianthinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology 1

French garrot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??t/

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

1. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.

   The Army doctor used a garrot to stop the bleeding from the injured soldier's wound.

Verb

garrot (third-person singular simple present garrots, present participle garroting, simple past and past participle garroted)

1. Alternative form of garrote

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

1. A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.

Anagrams

• Rogart

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French garrot.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /???r?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?r?t/

Noun

garrot m (plural garrots)

1. club, truncheon

   Synonym: bastó

2. garrote (an iron collar formerly used to carry out executions)

Derived terms

• garrotar

Further reading

• “garrot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Provençal garra (“leg”) (see jarret) + the suffix -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?o/

Noun

garrot m (plural garrots)

1. tourniquet
2. garrot (small wooden cylinder)
3. garrote
4. goldeneye (duck)
5. withers

Related terms

• garroter

Descendants

• Spanish: garrote

Further reading

• “garrot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).