[ 'pα:dələʊt ]
■ noun a small white-spotted Australian songbird related to the flowerpeckers. [Genus Pardalotus : several species.]
Origin
C19: from mod. L. Pardalotus , from Gk pardalōtos 'spotted like a leopard'.
[ 'pα:dələʊt ]
■ noun a small white-spotted Australian songbird related to the flowerpeckers. [Genus Pardalotus : several species.]
Origin
C19: from mod. L. Pardalotus , from Gk pardalōtos 'spotted like a leopard'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004