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单词 verdin
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verdin

[ vur-dn ]
/ ˈvɜr dn /

noun

a small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.

Origin of verdin

1880–85, Americanism;<French: a green passerine bird of Southeast Asia (Chloropsis spelling), derivative of vert green (see vert)

Words nearby verdin

Verdi, verdict, Verdi, Giuseppe, verdigris, verdigris toadstool, verdin, verditer, Verdun, verdure, verdurous, verecund
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Example sentences from the Web for verdin

  • A later development of these devices, by Verdin, known as the sphygmometrograph, is shown in Fig. 175.

    The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn

British Dictionary definitions for verdin

verdin
/ (ˈvɜːdɪn) /

noun

a small W North American tit, Auriparus flaviceps, having a grey plumage with a yellow head

Word Origin for verdin

French: yellowhammer
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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