orangequit
/ˈɒrɪn(d)ʒkwɪt
/noun
A Jamaican tanager (songbird), the male of which has grey-blue plumage with a reddish throat.
- Euneornios campestris, family Emberizidae (subfamily Thraupinae).
Origin
Mid 19th century: from orange (because it feeds on oranges) + quit2.
- cross-
- crossable
- cross aisle
- cross a (or the) line
- cross-assembler
- crossbar
- cross-beam
- cross-bedding
- cross bench
- cross-bencher
- crossbill
- crossbones
- cross-border
- crossbow
- crossbowman
- cross-breed
- cross-check
- cross-claim
- cross-color
- cross-colour
- meridian circle
- meridian mark
- meridian passage
- meridian quadrant
- meridian ring