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Webster 1913 Edition
Phainopepla
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Pha-iˊno-pep′la
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
φαεινόσ
shining + πέπλοσ
robe.] (Zool.)
A small crested passerine bird (
Phaïnopepla nitens
), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher
.