Definition of European roller

1. Noun. Common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back.

Exact synonyms: Coracias Garrulus
Generic synonyms: Roller
Group relationships: Coracias, Genus Coracias

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Roller

European peacock
European peacocks
European perch
European perches
European plan
European pollock
European pollocks
European quaking aspen
European rabbit
European raspberry
European red elder
European river lamprey
European river lampreys
European robin
European robins
European roller (current term)
European sandpiper
European sanicle
European sea bream
European sea eagle
European shrike
European silver fir
European skippers
European smelt
European snakeroot
European sole
European spider crab

Literary usage of European roller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"European roller. I did not know before that the European roller came much east of the Punjab, and was consequently very much surprised, when out shooting ..."

2. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"THE European roller. Descr.—The whole head, neck, and lower parts, pale blue, ... The European roller is only found, in our province, in the extreme ..."

3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"I believe that the European roller has been reported to rob other birds of their eggs, which is not improbable, and would be an interesting fact to ..."

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