Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small gray bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of arid regions of Mexico and the southwest United States, having a yellow head and throat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The gold tit, or yellow-headed titmouse, Auriparus flariceps, inhabiting parts of Arizona, California, and southward. It is 4½ inches long, of a grayish color with bright-yellow head. See
tit and titmouse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small yellow-headed bird (
Auriparus flaviceps ) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called alsogoldtit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small yellow-headed
bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; the goldtit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably from a variant of French verdon, verdier, yellowhammer, from vert, green (in reference to the yellowish-green hue of the yellowhammer's body), from Old French verd; see verdant.]
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Compare Spanish verdino ("bright green"), French verdin ("yellowhammer").
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Examples
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Silly as it may sound I really enjoyed the many verdin and black throated sparrows.
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There is also a colouring matter, bili verdin, which may possibly also be excretory.
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Yesterday I saw a verdin, a native bird, in my yard for the first time in many months.
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Dünyalar verdim gözlerinin u? runa Kaçamak saatler sonsuz kelimeler Unuttunmu yar söz verdin bana Gitmeyecektin daha neler neler? imdi uzaklardas?
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