单词 | tit-warbler |
释义 | > as lemmastit-warbler tit-warbler n. †(a) (William Swainson's name for) any of a group of New World warblers ( Parulidae) (obsolete); (b) any of various small tit-like songbirds, (now) spec. of the Asian genus Leptopoecile (family Aegithaliidae). ΚΠ 1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. iii. v. 46 The subgenus Sylvicola... These are the true tit-warblers of America, so closely resembling the worm-eaters, that many writers have placed both in the same genus. 1917 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 July 24/4 I plump for the little tit-warbler, or little tomtit (Acanthiza nana) and the barley-bird..as the two smallest Australian birds. 2009 Condor 111 183/1 Tit-warblers are resident in the alpine zones year round, but in winter their numbers decrease greatly. < as lemmas |
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