gorgeletn.
/ˈɡɔːdʒlɪt/ A patch of colour on the throat of a bird.
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gorgelet1872
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 99 The exquisite gorgelets or frontlets of humming birds.
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n.1872- rubbing block
- rubbing board
- rubbing brush
- rubbing cloth
- rubbing house
- rubbing in
- rubbing instrument
- rubbing leather
- rubbing machine
- rubbing off
- rubbing out
- rubbing paunch
- rubbing piece
- rubbing pin
- rubbing place
- rubbing plate
- rubbing pole
- rubbing post
- rubbing rail
- rubbing sheet
- rubbing shift
- rubbing stone
- rubbing strake
- rubbing strip
- rubbing stroke