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Definition of accentor in English: accentornoun əkˈsɛntəˈaksentər A small Eurasian songbird with generally drab-coloured plumage. Family Prunellidae and genus Prunella: several species, including the dunnock Example sentencesExamples - However, only terrestrial species have been tested, such as barn swallows, tree swallows, dunnocks, alpine accentors, and acorn woodpeckers.
- Additional subfamilies placed within Passeridae include: sparrows, accentors, weavers and waxbills (Estrildinae).
- Close relatives to Old World sparrows are pipits (family Motacillidae), accentors (family Prunellidae) and possibly finches (family Fringillidae).
- In dunnocks, females may use song to compete for males, and in the alpine accentor, females attract males by song.
Origin Early 19th century: from late Latin, from ad- 'to' + cantor 'singer'. Definition of accentor in US English: accentornounˈaksentər A small Eurasian songbird with generally drab-colored plumage. Family Prunellidae and genus Prunella: several species Example sentencesExamples - Close relatives to Old World sparrows are pipits (family Motacillidae), accentors (family Prunellidae) and possibly finches (family Fringillidae).
- However, only terrestrial species have been tested, such as barn swallows, tree swallows, dunnocks, alpine accentors, and acorn woodpeckers.
- In dunnocks, females may use song to compete for males, and in the alpine accentor, females attract males by song.
- Additional subfamilies placed within Passeridae include: sparrows, accentors, weavers and waxbills (Estrildinae).
Origin Early 19th century: from late Latin, from ad- ‘to’ + cantor ‘singer’. |