olive crown
Britishnoun
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Plus a poem, a song, and perhaps an olive crown.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
But only one can win the olive crown.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2013
In spirits, dull olive; crown black with large white spots, beneath black; middle of the belly, and undersides of the base of the tail white; tail with black rings at the end; feet whitish.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George
Above grayish olive, crown blackish; outer web of outer tail-feather whitish; below white tinged with yellow, sides of breast grayish; bill black.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
Her fillet and her olive crown proclaim The priestess.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
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