Definition of firecrest in English:
firecrest
nounˈfʌɪəkrɛstˈfaɪ(ə)rˌkrɛst
A very small warbler related to the goldcrest, having a red and orange crest and occurring mainly in Europe.
Regulus ignicapillus, family Sylviidae
Example sentencesExamples
- Do firecrests only stay for winter in the south west or can they turn up any time?
- Those boon migratory companions, the firecrest and the black redstart, provided considerable entertainment to local birders in 1994.
- I was amazed to find not one but two Firecrests together just by the little gate.
- Firecrests are tiny birds, the second smallest species in Europe.
- He watches a rare firecrest dancing on the banks of the river Fal, witnesses the tumbling flight of evening swifts and reports that experts now believe that birdsong may be - in part at least - pure exuberance, as much spirit as function.
Definition of firecrest in US English:
firecrest
nounˈfaɪ(ə)rˌkrɛstˈfī(ə)rˌkrest
A small warbler having a red and orange crest and occurring mainly in Europe.
Regulus ignicapillus, family Sylviidae
Example sentencesExamples
- Firecrests are tiny birds, the second smallest species in Europe.
- I was amazed to find not one but two Firecrests together just by the little gate.
- Those boon migratory companions, the firecrest and the black redstart, provided considerable entertainment to local birders in 1994.
- Do firecrests only stay for winter in the south west or can they turn up any time?
- He watches a rare firecrest dancing on the banks of the river Fal, witnesses the tumbling flight of evening swifts and reports that experts now believe that birdsong may be - in part at least - pure exuberance, as much spirit as function.