pardalote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.

Word forms

pardalote pardalotes

Etymology

Back-formation from New Latin Pardalotus, from Ancient Greek παρδαλωτός (pardalōtós, “spotted like a leopard”), from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos, “leopard”).

Synonyms

diamond bird peep-wren

Related words

Pardalotidae

Derived words

black-headed pardalote forty-spotted pardalote red-browed pardalote spotted pardalote striated pardalote yellow-rumped pardalote yellow-tipped pardalote

← pardal
← pardale
← pardales
← pardaliscid
← pardaliscids

pardalotes →
pardals →
pardao →
pardaos →
pardarinoside →

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