moucherolle
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
moucherolle f (plural moucherolles)
- any of about fifty American species of insectivorous passeriform birds of the family Tyrannidae; tyrant flycatcher
- 1770, George Edwards, Essays Upon Natural History and Other Miscellaneous Subjects: To which is Added a Catalogue in Generical Order of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Plants, ... Contained in Mr. Edwards' Natural History, page 195:
- La moucherolle verte à gorge noire, et le grimpereau noir et blanc ... 300
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La moucherolle verte des Indes ... 79
La gorge-jaune de Maryland ... 237
La moucherolle bleue ... 252- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “moucherolle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.