Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the honey-suckers, Dicæidæ, Pardalotus affinis, which is spangled with red, yellow, white, and black. Also called
diamond-bird .
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Almost every bush held a nest, usually occupied by a diamond-sparrow.
Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885
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