Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of jays of the subfamily Garrulinæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the Garrulinae, conmprising the Old World jays.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays
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Examples
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In addition, black stork Ciconia nigra breed (two pairs) and roller Coracius garrulus (ten pairs) are found.
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Five vulnerable species, four of which are found nowhere else, are found in the ecoregion: invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii), caranculated fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons), chattering lory (Lorius garrulus), and white cockatoo (Cacatua alba).
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The Camargue (Rhone Delta) breeding bird species include 8 heron species, Gelochelidon nilotica, Coracias garrulus, Merops apiaster, Plegadis falcinellus, Phoenicopterus ruber (the largest colony of flamingo in the Mediterranean), Glareola pratincola, and gulls.
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests 2007
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The handsome red lory with green wings and a yellow spot in the back (Lorius garrulus), was not uncommon.
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Who is it that ever was scholler, that doth not carry away som verse of Virgil, Horace, or Cato, which in his youth hee learned, and even to his old age serve him for hourely lessons; as Percontatorem fugito nam garrulus idem est, Dum tibi quisq; placet credula turba sumas {98}.
Defence of Poesie 1992
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"_Percunctatorem fugitus nam garrulus idem est_", * [* Avoid the inquisitive man, for he is a talker.] which I thought was pretty fair, and he stopped dead in his tracks.
Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971
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"_Percunctatorem fugitus nam garrulus idem est_", * [* Avoid the inquisitive man, for he is a talker.] which I thought was pretty fair, and he stopped dead in his tracks.
Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971
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'In hora saepe ducentos, ut magnum, versus dictabat, stans pede in uno: cum flueret lutulentus, erat quod tollere velles; garrulus atque piger scribendi ferre laborem, scribendi recte; nam ut multum, nil moror.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Nam garrulus idem est, as our friend Horace would say.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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M. QVID tacitus, Corydon, uultuque subinde minaci quidue sub hac platano, quam garrulus adstrepit umor, insueta statione sedes? iuuat herbida forsan ripa leuatque diem uicini spiritus amnis?
A Singing Match Calpurnius 1912
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