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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An old name given by Willughby to a small bird of Great Britain, supposed to be the garden-warbler, Sylvia hortensis. Also fig-pecker.
  2. n. In entomology, a scarabæoid beetle, Allorhina nitida.
  3. n. A local Australian name of a small passerine bird of the genus Zosterops. Also termed grape-eater.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.
  2. n. A bird. See figpecker.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. large greenish June beetle of southern United States

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