Image:Kakashi2.jpg|thumb||Scarecrows in a rice paddy in Japan.
English
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Etymology
From scare + crow

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�sk��.kr��/
a|US IPA|/�sk�r.kro�/

Noun
en-noun

1. An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.
2. context|figuratively|pejorative A tall, thin, awkward person.

Translations
trans-top|an effigy made of straw
Chinese: 稻�人 (dàoc�orén)
Czech: strašák m
Dutch: vogelverschrikker m, (dialectal) vogelschrik m
Esperanto: birdotimigilo
Finnish: variksenpelätin, variksenpelätti
French: épouvantail m
German: Vogelscheuche f
Icelandic: fuglahræða
Italian: spaventapasseri m|s
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Japanese: ��� (kakashi)
Maricopa: chiyer thʼer
Norwegian: fugleskremsel
O'odham: vaá¹£ai gakidagÄ­ odham
Portuguese: espantalho
Russian: п�гало (púgalo) n, ���ело (�ú�elo) n
Spanish: espantapájaros m|s
Swedish: fågelskrämma c
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