verdin

[ vur-dn ]

/ ˈvɜr dn /

noun

a small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.

Words nearby verdin

verdi, verdi, giuseppe, verdict, verdigris, verdigris toadstool, verdin, verditer, verdun, verdure, verdurous, verecund

Origin of verdin

1880–85, Americanism; < French: a green passerine bird of Southeast Asia (Chloropsis spelling), derivative of vert green (see vert)

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Examples from the Web for verdin

A later development of these devices, by Verdin, known as the sphygmometrograph, is shown in Fig. 175.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn

British Dictionary definitions for verdin

verdin

/ (ˈvɜːdɪn) /

noun

a small W North American tit, Auriparus flaviceps, having a grey plumage with a yellow head

Word Origin for verdin

French: yellowhammer

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