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单词 nunlet
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nunletn.

Brit. /ˈnʌnlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈnənlət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nun n.1, -let suffix.
Etymology: < nun n.1 + -let suffix.
Any of several small Central and South American puffbirds of the genus Nonnula, having chiefly brown, grey, and white plumage. Cf. nunbird n.
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1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 447 The Nunlets..are distributed from Panama to Peru and Brazil; they are brown above and ferruginous beneath, with a little white.
1982 Amer. Naturalist 119 233 Only a few species are known..(Nonnula frontalis, gray-cheeked nunlet).
1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 295/3 The five species of nunlets are small nunbirds that range from Panama to N Argentina.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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