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verdin

verdin noun: a small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World.

verdin: a small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the...
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Noun

verdin (plural verdins)

  1. A small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World.
    • Tiny and rather plain, the Verdin seems quite unremarkable at first sight.2000, Kenn Kaufman, Verdin, Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus (editors), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, University of California Press...
    • Verdins are yellow-faced desert-dwellers that are commonly encountered in southern Arizona.[…]Although primarily insectivorous, Verdins will also readily consume nectar, which they obtain by piercing tubular flowers or by visiting hummingbird feeders.2005, Cathryn Wise-Gervais, “Verdin”, in Troy E. Corman, Cathryn Wise-Gervais, editors, The Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas, University of New Mexico Press, page 390
    Synonyms:
    goldtit

Proper noun capitalized: Verdin

Verdin (plural Verdins)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of verdin

  • goldtit

Forms of verdin

Noun
pluralverdins
Proper noun
pluralVerdins

Origin of verdin

Unknown. Compare Spanish verdino (“bright green”), French verdin (“yellowhammer”).

From Spanish verdín.

Questions about verdin

What does verdin mean?
Verdin means a small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World.
What part of speech is verdin?
Verdin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of verdin?
The plural of verdin is verdins.

Words near verdin in the dictionary

  1. verdigris
  2. verdigrised
  3. verdigrises
  4. verdigrising
  5. verdigrisy
  6. verdin
  7. verdine
  8. verdinexor
  9. verdingale
  10. verdingales
  11. verdingall

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