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Definition of European roller
1. Noun. Common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back.
Generic synonyms: Roller
Group relationships: Coracias, Genus Coracias
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Roller
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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