Seisura

Translingual

a paperbark flycatcher (Myiagra nana, formerly Seisura nana)

Etymology

New Latin from the 19th century, from Ancient Greek σείειν (seíein, “to shake”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). See Seisura inquieta (Myiagra inquieta) (water wagtail or restless flycatcher).

Proper noun

Seisura f

1. (obsolete) A former genus of Australian flycatchers, now in the genus Myiagra.

Derived terms

• Pseudoseisura

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Seisura”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Edward Morris (1898) A Dictionary of Austral English‎^[1]