Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology: Having the under tail-coverts conspicuous in color: as, the crissal thrush.
- Of or pertaining to the crissum: as, the crissal region; a crissal feather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the crissum.
- adjective Having highly colored under tail coverts.
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- adjective Relating to the
crissum .
Etymologies
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crissum + -al
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Examples
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The cactus wren and crissal thrasher build in the geographical centres of tree choyas, so protected by 500,000 spines that no hawk or owl can reach them.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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