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tait

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 24.04.2026

Meanings

kinnikasvavail veekogudel ja järvede kaldataimestikus pesitsev hakisuurune lind
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Sünonüüm tiigikana on terminina vananenud.

Usage examples
  • Nii lauk kui tait tõmbavad ujumise ajal kaela kõverasse, kuid tait istub ujudes vähem vees.
  • Mõisapargi väikesel tiigil on taidad iga-aastased pesitsejad.

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

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Domain classified zoology
tait
tiigikana former
  • ruiklaste sugukonda kuuluv hakisuurune kureline
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    • Tal on väga suur levila, mis hõlmab peamiselt sooje alasid (ei ole levinud Austraalias ja Antarktikas).Pikkus 32–35 cm, tiibade siruulatus 50–55 cm. Sulestik ülapoolel oliivpruun, alapoolel tumehall, sabaalune valge, keha külgedel valged vöödid, nokk ja laubakilp erepunased, jalad rohelised. Ujub ja sukeldub väga hästi, jookseb kiiresti nii siledal maal kui ka taimede vahel. Ronib osavalt mööda taimi. Sööb selgrootuid, taimeosi ja seemneid; ujudes jõnksutab oma kühmus pead. Pesitseb tiheda taimestikuga veekogudel, aga ka roostikes ja märgalade pajustikes.
  • a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae)
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    • Distinctive dark waterbird that resembles a cross between a duck and a chicken. Adults have a bright red bill with a yellow tip, while immatures have a duller bill and legs. Note big white oval patches under the tail, and white streaks along the flanks. Inhabits fresh and brackish marshes, on ponds, lakes, and along slow-moving watercourses with bordering vegetation. Smaller and more retiring than coot, and rarely far out on open water. Swims with jerky motion and walks with stealthy gait, the tail often slightly cocked; does not usually dive. Gives a variety of loud, somewhat frog-like calls.
tait
tiigikana former
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  • Varasem nimetus.
Common Moorhen
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  • Official English names of birds are capitalized, as is the current practice in ornithology (e.g., Yellow-throated Warbler).
Gallinula chloropus

Word forms

Inflection Type 22u

tait taidad
taida taitade
taita taitu ~ taitasid

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