- mistletoe bird
- noun
: an Australian flower-pecker (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
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Mistletoe — Mis tle*toe, n. [AS. mistelt[=a]n; mistel mistletoe + t[=a]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw. mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[=a]n to D. teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.] (Bot.) A parasitic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mistletoe — [mis′əl tō΄] n. [OE misteltan (akin to ON mistilteinn) < mistel, mistletoe (prob. < Gmc * mista, dung: from being propagated by seeds in bird dung) + tan, a twig] 1. any of various evergreen plants (genera Phoradendron and Viscum) of the… … English World dictionary
Mistletoe — For other uses, see Mistletoe (disambiguation). European mistletoe attached to a silver birch Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and … Wikipedia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet — Taxobox name = Mistletoe Tyrannulet status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Tyrannidae genus = Zimmerius species = Z. vilissimus binomial = Zimmerius vilissimus… … Wikipedia
mistletoe thrush — Missel Mis sel, n. Mistletoe. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {Missel bird}, {Missel thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), a large European thrush ({Turdus viscivorus}) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; called also {mistletoe thrush} and {missel}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Missel bird — Missel Mis sel, n. Mistletoe. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {Missel bird}, {Missel thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), a large European thrush ({Turdus viscivorus}) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; called also {mistletoe thrush} and {missel}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amyema miquelii — Taxobox name = Box Mistletoe regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Santalales familia = Loranthaceae genus = Amyema genus authority = species = A. miquelii binomial = Amyema miquelii | binomial authority = (Lehm … Wikipedia
mistletoebird — /ˈmɪsəltoʊbɜd/ (say misuhltohberd) noun a small bird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, which builds a nest of plant down and spider web in treetops, and spreads the seeds of the mistletoe plant by eating and then excreting them; common in most parts of… …
misletoe — Mistletoe Mis tle*toe, n. [AS. mistelt[=a]n; mistel mistletoe + t[=a]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw. mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[=a]n to D. teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.] (Bot.) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misseltoe — Mistletoe Mis tle*toe, n. [AS. mistelt[=a]n; mistel mistletoe + t[=a]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw. mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[=a]n to D. teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.] (Bot.) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
