pyrrhuloxia

noun

pyr·rhu·lox·ia ¦pir-(y)ə-¦läk-sē-ə How to pronounce pyrrhuloxia (audio)

plural -s

: a medium-sized songbird (Cardinalis sinuatus) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico that has a short, thick bill, a prominent crest, and gray and red plumage

The pyrrhuloxia is shaped like a cardinal but the male is gray with red accents on face, breast, crest, wings and tail. His bill is heavier and pale. The female is all gray.

Phyllis Yochem, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times, 12 Feb. 2005

… many of the park's long-term campers maintain seed and citrus feeders for hummingbirds, thrashers, northern cardinals and the less-common pyrrhuloxias, the beautiful wine and gray desert cardinals.

Jim Burns, Arizona Republic (Phoenix), 18 Dec. 2008

called also desert cardinal

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Pyrrhula, genus of finches (from Greek pyrrhoulas, a red-colored bird, perhaps the bullfinch, from pyrrhos red) + Loxia

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

单词	pyrrhuloxia
释义	pyrrhuloxia noun pyr·rhu·lox·ia ¦pir-(y)ə-¦läk-sē-ə plural -s : a medium-sized songbird (Cardinalis sinuatus) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico that has a short, thick bill, a prominent crest, and gray and red plumage The pyrrhuloxia is shaped like a cardinal but the male is gray with red accents on face, breast, crest, wings and tail. His bill is heavier and pale. The female is all gray. Phyllis Yochem, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times, 12 Feb. 2005 … many of the park's long-term campers maintain seed and citrus feeders for hummingbirds, thrashers, northern cardinals and the less-common pyrrhuloxias, the beautiful wine and gray desert cardinals. Jim Burns, Arizona Republic (Phoenix), 18 Dec. 2008 called also desert cardinal Word History Etymology New Latin, from Pyrrhula, genus of finches (from Greek pyrrhoulas, a red-colored bird, perhaps the bullfinch, from pyrrhos red) + Loxia First Known Use 1896, in the meaning defined above
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