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sylviad, n. (a.) Ornith.|ˈsɪlvɪəd| [f. mod.L. Sylviadæ, variant form for Sylviidæ, f. Sylvia, name of the typical genus: see -id3, and cf. -ad 1 b.] A bird of the family Sylviadæ (Sylviidæ); a warbler. Also attrib. or as adj.
1867Ibis Jan. 73 If we cast our eye down the catalogue, we find sixty-one species of the Sylviads enumerated. Ibid. 74 There are two very distinct tides of Sylviad immigration in Palestine. |