alba Definition
alba (äl′bə)
noun
the stylized dawn love song of Provençal troubadour literature
Etymology: Prov, dawn < ML < L albus, white
Alba Definition
Alba (äl′bä)
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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