"silvereye" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silvereyes [plural]
Etymology: silver + eye Etymology templates: {{compound|en|silver|eye}} silver + eye Head templates: {{en-noun}} silvereye (plural silvereyes)
  1. A very small passerine bird, Zosterops lateralis, native to Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Pacific islands, having a ring of silvery feathers around the eye. Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Synonyms (Zosterops lateralis): blightbird, tauhou, waxeye Translations (Zosterops lateralis): tauhou (Maori)
    Sense id: en-silvereye-en-noun-0OP81Cts Disambiguation of Perching birds: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Zosterops lateralis': 74 26 Disambiguation of 'Zosterops lateralis': 74 26
  2. Any of several birds of the genus Zosterops having a ring of white feathers around the eyes. Synonyms (various species of Zosterops): white-eye, zosteropid
    Sense id: en-silvereye-en-noun-AGltBXnO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'various species of Zosterops': 30 70

Inflected forms

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