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pardalote

pardalote noun: any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.

pardalote: any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps
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Noun

pardalote (plural pardalotes)

  1. Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
    • Pardalotes, honeyeaters and thornbills are among several birds that feed on carbohydrate-rich sugars from trees: manna, the crystalline sap which oozes from injuries to trees made by insects or other animals; honeydew, the exudate of sap-sucking coccids and aphids; and lerps, the protective sugary...2011, Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds, CSIRO Publishing, page 258
    • They are pardalotes, tiny little feathered jewels with stubby bills and stubby tails, giving an oddly ladybird-like silhouette.2011, Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack, A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region, page 137
    Synonyms:
    diamond bird, peep-wren

Synonyms of pardalote

Forms of pardalote

pluralpardalotes

Origin of pardalote

Back-formation from New Latin Pardalotus, from Ancient Greek παρδαλωτός (pardalōtós, “spotted like a leopard”), from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos, “leopard”).

Words formed from pardalote

  • black-headed pardalote
  • forty-spotted pardalote
  • red-browed pardalote
  • spotted pardalote
  • striated pardalote
  • yellow-rumped pardalote
  • yellow-tipped pardalote

Questions about pardalote

What does pardalote mean?
Pardalote means any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
What part of speech is pardalote?
Pardalote is a noun.
What is the plural of pardalote?
The plural of pardalote is pardalotes.

Words near pardalote in the dictionary

  1. pardal
  2. pardale
  3. pardales
  4. pardaliscid
  5. pardaliscids
  6. pardalote
  7. pardalotes
  8. pardals
  9. pardao
  10. pardaos
  11. pardarinoside

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