pityline

pityline, a. Ornith.

(ˈpɪtɪlaɪn)

[f. mod.L. Pitylīnæ, f. Pitylus, ad. Gr. πίτυλος plash, beating.]

Of or pertaining to the Pitylinæ, a subfamily of Tanagridæ, the fringilline tanagers of the Neotropical area, having a thick pointed beak and rather short wings, typified by the genus Pitylus.

in Cent. Dict.