Pardalote
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pardalote is a noun meaning Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
Meaning
Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
Example Sentences
They are pardalotes, tiny little feathered jewels with stubby bills and stubby tails, giving an oddly ladybird-like silhouette.
The forty-spotted pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is the first Australian bird found to encourage trees to release manna, a sugary crystallised sap.
Pardalotes, honeyeaters and thornbills are among several birds that feed on carbohydrate-rich sugars from trees: manna, the crystalline sap which oozes from injuries to trees made by insects or other animals; honeydew, the exudate of sap-sucking coccids and aphids; and lerps, the protective sugary coating of psyllid larvae.
Word Forms
- pardalotes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include partridge, bellbird, magpie-lark, logrunner, patridge, lory.
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