elaenia
[ ih-lee-nee-uh ]
/ ɪˈli ni ə /
noun
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
Origin of elaenia
< New Latin (1835), orig.
Elaïnia < Greek
elaïnéa, feminine of
elaḯneos pertaining to the olive, derivative of
elaía
olive; so named from the birds' color
Words nearby elaenia
el toro,
el.,
elaborate,
elaborated code,
elaboration,
elaenia,
elaeoptene,
elaeothesium,
elagabalus,
elaine,
elaiosome