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elaenia

[ ih-lee-nee-uh ]

noun

  1. any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of elaenia1

< New Latin (1835), originally Elaïnia < Greek elaïnéa, feminine of elaḯneos pertaining to the olive, derivative of elaía olive; so named from the birds' color

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