Accentor Definition

noun

(zoology) Prunella, a genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

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Other Word Forms of Accentor

Noun

Singular:
accentor
Plural:
accentors

Origin of Accentor

  • From Latin accentor (“one who sings with another”), from ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”).

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  • accent +‎ -or

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Accentor Sentence Examples

  • The so-called hedge-sparrow (Accentor modularis), really a member of this group, is one of the successful introductions into New Zealand.

  • Among the smaller birds may be enumerated finches, the siskin, bullfinch, pipit, titmouse, wagtail, lark, fine-crested wren, hedge-sparrow, corn-wren, nut-hatch, starling, swallow, martin, swift, thrush, butcher bird, shrike, dipper, yellow-hammer, ortolan and a warbler (Accentor alpinus).

  • On the highest pastures we find, further, the alpine accentor (Accentor collaris) and the alpine pipit (Anthus spipoletta).

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Words Starting With

AACACC

Words Ending With

RORTOR

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