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accentor

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accentor [ækˈsɛntə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small sparrow-like songbird of the genus Prunella, family Prunellidae, which inhabit mainly mountainous regions of Europe and Asia See also hedge sparrow
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Noun1.accentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasiaaccentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
genus Prunella, Prunella - type genus of the Prunellidae
dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, sparrow - small brownish European songbird
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Last week's predictions weren't too bad as I managed to see nutcracker, snowfinch, alpine accentor and alpine chough in the hills whilst the valleys held red-backed shrike, firecrest, marsh and crested tit, and serin among others.
bird notes; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Another bird that has a name list of mistle-thrush proportions is the contrastingly inconspicuous hedge-sparrow (thirty-five plus), alias blue Isaac and haysucker, that pons asinorum of the ornithologically correct, who call it a dunnock because it's a thin-billed insect-eating accentor (Prunella modularis) and not a sparrow at all.
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The most emblematic bird of the Sierra is the alpine accentor, a small bird common to alpine areas--only outnumbered here by the bounteous array of butterflies that flit through the air in colorful clouds of blue and brown.
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