megatick
megatick noun: a greatly desirable addition to the list of birds one has seen, usually because it is rare or seldom seen.
Noun
megatick (plural megaticks)
- A greatly desirable addition to the list of birds one has seen, usually because it is rare or seldom seen.
- Megacrex is surely a megatick! I know of only two birders who have seen this bird, and thus I had no expectation of seeing it myself during a trip to New Guinea...1992, American Birding Association, Birding, Volumes 24-25, page 69
- They all looked as if they walked the Pennine Way for a megatick before breakfast.2000, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Birds, Volume 18, page 128
Forms of megatick
| plural | megaticks |
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Origin of megatick
From mega- + tick (as in ticking off species on a checklist).
Questions about megatick
- What does megatick mean?
- Megatick means a greatly desirable addition to the list of birds one has seen, usually because it is rare or seldom seen.
- What part of speech is megatick?
- Megatick is a noun.
- What is the plural of megatick?
- The plural of megatick is megaticks.
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