English Explanatory Dictionary

triller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds.
  2. One who or that which trills.
  3. A musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes.

Word forms

triller trillers

Etymology

From trill + -er.

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