2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes. [1913 Webster]
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Accentor — (A. Bechst.), so v.w. Flüevogel … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Accentor — Accentor, Flüevogel; Accentorinae, Unterfamilie der Sänger (s. Sperlingsvögel) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Accentor — Taxobox name = Accentor image width = 240px image caption = P. montanella (top) and P. modularis (bottom) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Prunellidae familia authority = Richmond … Wikipedia
accentor — /ak sen teuhr, ak sen /, n. any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow. [1815 25; < NL: a genus of such birds, LL: one who sings with another,… … Universalium
accentor — /əkˈsɛntə/ (say uhk sentuh) noun any of various small birds of the genus Prunella, as the alpine accentor, P. collaris, with a black spotted white throat, of mountainous regions of Eurasia and northern Africa. {Medieval Latin, from ad to + cantor …
accentor — erškėtžvirbliai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Prunella angl. accentor vok. Braunelle, f rus. завирушка, f pranc. accenteur, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – erškėtžvirbliniai siauresnis terminas – alpinis erškėtžvirblis… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
accentor — n. any bird of the genus Prunella, e.g. the hedge sparrow. Etymology: med.L accentor f. L ad to + cantor singer … Useful english dictionary
Accentor class minesweeper — The Accentor class minesweeper, sometimes called the Accentor/Acme class minesweeper, provided the U.S. Navy during World War II with a small minesweeper capable of working at its task of sweeping mines in harbors and bays. Most were built during … Wikipedia
Accentor rubeculoides — Robin Rob in, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Accentor modularis — Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
