Definition of Drongoes

1. Noun. (plural of drongoe) ¹

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Definition of Drongoes

1. drongo [n] - See also: drongo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drongoes

drone bee
drone fly
drone on
drone pipe
droned
dronedarone
dronelike
dronepipe
dronepipes
droner
droners
drones
droney
drongo
drongoe
drongoes (current term)
drongos
dronier
droniest
droning
droningly
dronings
dronish
dronkelewe
dronkverdriet
dronte
drony
droodle
droodles
droog

Literary usage of Drongoes

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

1. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"... of prey are several true Shrikes : the drongoes, called by the Dutch devil-birds, from their uniform black colour, assemble in the morning and evening, ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1869)
"... collectors who have since visited that locality have never met with it, and drongoes are mostly abundant individually, and not easily missed if present. ..."

3. General Report on the Operations of the Marine Survey of India by India Marine Survey (1876)
"These belts of forest trees and thorny underwood give shelter to numerous birds, amongst which various species of parrots, wood-peckers, and drongoes, ..."

4. General Report on the Operations of the Marine Survey of India by India Marine Survey (1876)
"These belts of forest trees and thorny underwood give shelter to numerous birds, amongst which various species of parrots, wood-peckers, and drongoes, ..."

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