"Colius" meaning in Translingual

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Proper name

Etymology: Coined by Paul Möhring in 1752, New Latin from an uncertain term + -us. Possibly taken from: * Ancient Greek κολιός (koliós), a variant of Ancient Greek κελεός (keleós, “green woodpecker”). Möhring placed Colius in the order Picae (lit: the woodpeckers) * Ancient Greek κολοιός (koloiós, “Jackdaw”), another bird with grayish plumage. Jackdaws are corvids, which Möhring also placed in the order Picae. * Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “scabbard or sheath”), referencing the long tails of the birds which resemble the sheath of a sword. Etymology templates: {{etymon|mul|:af|grc:κολιός<unc><ety:from<κελεός<t:green woodpecker>>>|-us|:af|grc:κολοιός<unc><t:Jackdaw>|-us|:af|grc:κολεός<unc><t:scabbard, sheath>|-us}}, {{suffix|mul|-us}} -us, {{der|mul|grc|κολιός}} Ancient Greek κολιός (koliós), {{der|mul|grc|κελεός||green woodpecker}} Ancient Greek κελεός (keleós, “green woodpecker”), {{der|mul|grc|κολοιός||Jackdaw}} Ancient Greek κολοιός (koloiós, “Jackdaw”), {{der|mul|grc|κολεός||scabbard or sheath}} Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “scabbard or sheath”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Colius|nogendercat=1}} Colius m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Coliidae. Wikipedia link: Paul Möhring Tags: masculine
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