sylvicoline
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sylva, silva (“forest”) + colere (“to inhabit”).
Adjective
[edit]sylvicoline (comparative more sylvicoline, superlative most sylvicoline)
- (ornithology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Sylvicolinae or Sylvicolidae, former names for the family Parulidae, the New World warblers.
References
[edit]“sylvicoline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.