sylvicoline

English

Etymology

From Latin sylva, silva (“forest”) + colere (“to inhabit”).

Adjective

sylvicoline (comparative more sylvicoline, superlative most sylvicoline)

1. (ornithology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Sylvicolinae or Sylvicolidae, former names for the family Parulidae, the New World warblers.

References

“sylvicoline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.