quelea

See also: Quelea

English

A red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea aethiopica) ♀

Etymology

From Latin quelea, coined as a specific name by Linnaeus; of uncertain etymology but possibly related to Late Latin qualea (“quail”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːlɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwiliə/

Noun

quelea (plural queleas)

1. The African weaverbird (genus Quelea).
   • 2014, “Pusher”, in This Is All Yours, performed by ​​alt-J:

     A canopy of red-billed quelea / Passed over the blue / A five-hour flock, not one dives down

Synonyms

• dioch

Hypernyms

• weaver, weaver bird

Derived terms

• quelea bird
• red-billed quelea

References

• "quelea, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Further reading

• quelea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• quelea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:quelea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷe.le.a/, [ˈkʷɛɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.le.a/, [ˈkwɛːleä]

Noun

quelea f (genitive queleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) quelea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quelea	queleae
Genitive	queleae	queleārum
Dative	queleae	queleīs
Accusative	queleam	queleās
Ablative	queleā	queleīs
Vocative	quelea	queleae