loral

¹ American  

[lawr-uhl, lohr-] / ˈlɔr əl, ˈloʊr- /

adjective

1. of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.

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loral ² American  

[lawr-uhl, lohr-] / ˈlɔr əl, ˈloʊr- /

adjective

Zoology.

1. of or relating to a lore.

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Etymology

Origin of loral¹

lore ¹ + -al ¹

Origin of loral²

First recorded in 1870–75; lore ² + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The clear, ash-colored cervical interval between the crown and the back and the distinct brown loral and auricular space told me plainly who the little charmers were.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

A beautiful Vireo with a slaty blue crown and nape, greenish back, white wing bars and underparts, the flanks being washed with greenish yellow; a conspicuous mark is the white eye ring and loral spot.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

This peculiar Vireo has a black crown and sides of head, broken by a white eye ring and loral stripe; upper parts greenish, below white.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

Outer toe with broad basal web, obsolete at base of inner toe; middle claw pectinated, loral space bare; powder down patches present.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

Forehead and loral region orange; rest of head green like back; no yellow on bend of wing.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.