pardalote

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pardalote
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Meaning

noun

Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.

Example Sentences

"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 coating of psyllid larvae."
"They are pardalotes, tiny little feathered jewels with stubby bills and stubby tails, giving an oddly ladybird-like silhouette."
"The forty-spotted pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is the first Australian bird found to encourage trees to release manna, a sugary crystallised sap."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: παρδαλωτός, πάρδος

Inflected Forms

pardalotes (plural)

Phrases

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

Frequently Paired Words

Pardalotidae

Synonyms

diamond bird peep-wren