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accentor Ornith.|ækˈsɛntə(r)|
[Late L. accentor one who sings with another (Isidore), f. L. ad to + cantor singer, f. canĕre to sing.]
A genus of passerine singing birds (Bechstein), including the hedge-sparrow or hedge accentor, A. modularis; a bird of this genus.
a1825[see hedge 9]. 1890[see Robin1 4 c]. 1909W. Verner Life among Wild Birds in Spain vi. iii. 305 One of the few species met with in these stony wastes is the Alpine Accentor (Accentor collaris). 1920Edin. Rev. Jan. 72 The hedge sparrow and golden-crested wren, the former of which is..an accentor, and the latter a regulus. 1954R. Peterson et al. Field Guide Birds Brit. 302 Mountain Accentor. Prunella montanella.
b. The golden-crowned thrush or oven-bird, Siurus auricapillus of the United States.
1884Coues N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 308. |