sylvicolineadj.n.
/sɪlˈvɪkəlʌɪn/ Ornithology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the Sylvicolinæ, a former division of the family then called Sylvicolidæ (now Mniotiltidæ), comprising the typical American warblers.
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sylvicoline1878
1878 E. Coues Birds Colorado Valley 484 The genus Icteria..seems decidedly Tanagroid or Sylvicoline.
B. n.
A bird of this division.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun]
black-throat1704
wood-warbler1817
MacGillivray's warbler1839
magnolia warbler1851
sylvicoline1872
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 91 The student will be able to assure himself that his specimen is a sylvicoline.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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