单词 | orphean warbler |
释义 | > as lemmasOrphean warbler Orphean warbler n. [after the former scientific Latin name Sylvia orphea (C. J. Temminck Man. d'ornithol. (1815) 107) or French bec-fin orphée (1815 or earlier)] a brownish-grey and white warbler, Sylvia hortensis (family Sylviidae), of southern Europe, south-western Asia, and northern Africa. ΚΠ 1856 W. Yarrell Second Suppl. Hist. Brit. Birds 10 Curruca orphea. Orpheus Warbler.] 1890 Cent. Dict. Orphean,..in ornith., singing sweetly; melodious: specifically applied to a warbler, Sylvia orphea. 1933 Discovery July 224/1 There is the Orphean warbler, the most beautiful and wildest of that family. 1990 M. Tomkinson Ess. Tunisia 91/2 Orphean warblers, summer visitors to Tunisia. < as lemmas |
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