Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A book-name of a small sylviine bird of South Africa of the genus Sylvietta, the S. rufescens.
- n. A specific name of the Madagascan courol, Leptosomus discolor. It was made by Von Reichenbach (1849) a generic name of this bird, in the form Crombus.
Examples
“Typical miombo species include miombo grey tit (Parus griseiventris), miombo rock-thrush (Monticola angolensis), red-capped crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), and Böhm’s flycatcher (Muscicapa boehmi).”
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birds
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at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Book-names
"In zoology and botany, a name (other than the technical name) of an animal or plant found only in scientific treatises—that is, not in use as a vernacular name. It is often a mere adaptation of th...
serpent-eagle, wapiti, crombec, cuckold, wrasse, ruticilla, goathead, merion, jacana, guenon, magpie, wave and 124 more...
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Still More Bird Wirds
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