colies

Variant of coly

coly definition

coly (kō′lē)

noun pl. colies co′·lies

any of an order (Colliformes) of small African birds with a long tail and a crested head, that creeps about on tree branches

Etymology: ModL colius < Gr kolios, green woodpecker

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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