melodia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of melodia
Special use of Late Latin melōdia melody
Example Sentences
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The passage marked la melodia con molto introduces that new and deeper note which is a feature in MacDowell's last two pianoforte albums.
From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.
The nesting habits and eggs are like those of melodia.
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)
Similar to melodia but with less brown and the markings blacker and more distinct.
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 last was pretty certainly an improvised cadenza, such a thing as I do not remember ever to have heard before from Melospiza melodia.
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
The eggs average smaller than those of melodia.
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)
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