triller
A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckooshrike family…A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds.
Meaning
3 sensesA small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds.
One who or that which trills.
A musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes.
Origin
From trill + -er.From trill + -er.
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