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sylvicoline, a. and n. Ornith.|sɪlˈvɪkəlaɪn| [ad. mod.L. Sylvicolīnæ pl., f. Sylvicola, a former generic name, = L. silvicola inhabiting woods: see -ine1.] a. adj. Belonging to the Sylvicolinæ, a former division of the family then called Sylvicolidæ (now Mniotiltidæ), comprising the typical American warblers. b. n. A bird of this division.
1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 91 The student will be able to assure himself that his specimen is a sylvicoline. 1878― Birds Colorado Valley 484 The genus Icteria..seems decidedly Tanagroid or Sylvicoline. |