Definition of cisticola in English:
cisticola
nounsɪsˈtɪkələˌsɪstɪˈkəʊlə
A small Old World warbler with brownish streaked plumage, found mainly in Africa.
Genus Cisticola, family Sylviidae: numerous species. See also fan-tailed warbler
Example sentencesExamples
- For his own contributions, he chose the difficult bulbuls in volume 4 and the cisticolas in volume 5.
- Weavers and cisticolas continued to test our knowledge of these challenging families.
- The zitting cisticola takes insects and insect larvae on the ground.
- Calls are probably the best way to identify cisticolas, as each species has its own unique song.
- In ornithological circles, he perhaps is best known for unraveling the systematics of the cisticolas, a notoriously difficult group of Old World warblers.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek kistos 'flowering shrub' + Latin -col- 'dwelling in' (from the verb colere).