meruline

meruline, a. Zool.

(ˈmɛrjʊlɪn)

[ad. mod.L. merulīnus, f. L. merula merle n.]

Of or pertaining to the genus Merula or to the subfamily Merulinæ (Cent. Dict. 1890). So meruˈlinous a. Zool. in the same sense (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1856).