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Kinglet   Listen
noun
Kinglet  n.  
1.
A little king; a weak or insignificant king.
2.
(Zool.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae. Note: The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), and the rubycrowned kinglet (Regulus calendula), are the most common American species. The common English kinglet (Regulus cristatus) is also called golden-crested wren, moonie, and marigold finch. The kinglets are often popularly called wrens, both in America and England.





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"Kinglet" Quotes from Famous Books



... take patience and devise us another device." The King cried, "This is well seen, and my breast is braodened by this thy speech; but where shall we find a messenger befitting this grave matter, for that this Solomon is no Kinglet and the approaching him is no light affair? Indeed, I will send him none, on the like of this matter, save thyself; for thou art ancient and versed in all manner affairs and the like of thee is the like of myself; wherefore I desire that thou weary thyself ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 7 • Richard F. Burton
... parts of Asia and especially in the African interior where the Tsetse-fly prevents the breeding of burden-beasts. Ibn Batutah tells us that in Malabar everything was borne upon men's backs. In Central Africa the kinglet rides a slave, and on ceremonious occasions mounts his Prime Minister. I have often been reduced to this style of conveyance and found man the worst imaginable riding: there is no hold and the sharpness of the shoulder-ridge soon ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Kinglet" :   Regulus calendula, golden-crested kinglet, Regulus, warbler, Regulus satrata, ruby-crowned wren, goldcrest, genus Regulus, gold-crowned kinglet


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