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Definition of Kinglet

1. Noun. Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice.

Definition of Kinglet

1. n. A little king; a weak or insignificant king.

Definition of Kinglet

1. Noun. (context: chiefly pejorative) A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory. ¹

2. Noun. A bird of the crest family (Regulidae). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kinglet

1. a king who rules over a small area [n -S]

Medical Definition of Kinglet

1. 1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. 2. Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae. The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), and the rubycrowned kinglet (R. Calendula), are the most common American species. The common English kinglet (R. Cristatus) is also called golden-crested wren, moonie, and marigold finch. The kinglets are often popularly called wrens, both in America and England. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Kinglet

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The Singing of the Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus c. calendula). In an interesting paper entitled "Geographical Variation in the song of the Ruby-crowned ..."

2. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"Golden-crowned kinglet. The song of the Golden is a high, thin ti-ti, very different from the chatter of the Ruby. Its song is described by Mr. Brewster in ..."

3. Nature Study in Elementary Schools: A Manual for Teachers by Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson (1897)
"Golden-crowned kinglet. The male kinglet may be easily distinguished from his mate by the crown of the head, which in his case is flame color edged with ..."

4. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"THE GOLDEN-CROWNED kinglet IN ONTARIO IN SUMMER. While so far no nests have been found, there is sufficient evidence at hand to show that the golden-crowned ..."

5. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"THE Western Golden-crowned kinglet is a common winter bird in the coast regions and elsewhere in California west of the Sierra Nevada. ..."

6. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"... kinglet was wholly unknown to the older Ornithologists, and even to the celebrated Naturalists LINN^EUS and LATHAM, having been confounded, ..."

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