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Lalage
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Translingual
+ (bird)
thumb|The pied triller (Lalage nigra species)
Etymology
From mul grc λαλαγή prattle.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Campephagidae the trillers
References
mul Birds
English
Alternative forms
en Lallage
Etymology
From en grc λᾰλᾰγή to prattle.
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
en 1969 w:John Fowles w:The French Lieutenant's Woman 359 Penguin 1981 0451135989 "What's her name?""Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange."
Usage notes
Used in poetry and literature, but rare in the real world.
Anagrams
en aaegll alegal galeal