name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
verdin
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CMU ARPABET: V ER1 D IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2000, Kenn Kaufman, Verdin, Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus (editors), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, University of California Press, Revised and Updated Edition, page 422, Tiny and rather plain, the Verdin seems quite unremarkable at first sight.
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noun
Meaning 3
very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Auriparus flaviceps
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: titmouse, tit
History
Etymology
From Spanish verdín.
Unknown. Compare Spanish verdino (“bright green”), French verdin (“yellowhammer”).