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alba Definition

alba (äl)

noun

the stylized dawn love song of Provençal troubadour literature

Etymology: Prov, dawn < ML < L albus, white

Alba Definition

Alba (äl)

Alba, Duke of Duke of Alva

alba Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • wagtail: A Lapland Bunting passed over at the Bill, where the bulk of visible passage otherwise consisted of Linnets and alba wagtails.
  • one: Sanderling Calidris alba One in North Haven on 7 th.
  • ).: Roberts ( 1997 ) gives a good analysis, albeit for the sanderling ( Calidris alba ). But what about kittiwakes?
  • vitellina: The Golden Willow ( Salix alba var vitellina ) whose young shoots are a striking orange yellow.
  • populus: The silver poplar, alba populus, is so called because its leaves are white on one side, green on the other.
  • single: WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba Singles seen with the above species on the 19th and 22nd.

Noun used with modifier

  • platalea: African Spoonbill Platalea alba - One or two seen at Amboseli 28.
  • linea: Care is taken not to enter the peritoneal cavity by keeping in a plane just deep to the linea alba.
  • jessica: I think it was jessica alba but I could be totally wrong about it.
  • f.: I. decora f. alba Flowers white, slightly more hardy.
  • magnesia: He was noted for his lecture-demonstrations, many of them based on his latest and ongoing researches on magnesia alba and heat effects.

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