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▪ I. morillon1|mɒˈrɪlən| [a. F. morillon (OF. moreillon, 13th c.), according to Hatz.-Darm. related to morel dark-coloured: see morel a.] A variety of the vine; also, its fruit.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort., Catal. (1699) 174 Vines..Muscatell, Black, White, excellent, Morillon, Chassela [etc.]. 1731Miller Gard. Dict., Vitis; præcox Columellæ, acinis dulcibus, nigrantibus. The black Morillon. 1824Loudon Encycl. Gard. (ed. 2) §4801 Black morillon... White morillon. attrib.1860Redding French Wines iii. 40 The black morillon grape. ▪ II. morillon2|mɒˈrɪlən| [a. F. morillon.] A name for the female or young of the Golden-Eye, formerly mistaken for a separate species.
1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 368 The Glaucium or Morillon of Bellonius. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. (1776) II. 498 Morillon. This species is rather less than the last [sc. the Golden Eye]. 1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (1831) 211 This bird [Golden-eye], in its immature state is the Morillon (Anas glaucion) of various authors. 1863C. St. John Nat. Hist. & Sport Moray 36 There was not a single duck of any sort to be seen, with the exception of one morillon. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 824/2 Morillon, a name commonly given by fowlers to the female or immature male of the Golden-Eye. |