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Definition of Triller
1. Noun. A small passerine bird of the genus ''Lalage'' belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family ''Campephagidae'', so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Triller
1. one that trills [n -S] - See also: trills
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triller
Literary usage of Triller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Luther's Pastors: The Reformation in the Ernestine Countryside by Susan C. Karant-Nunn (1979)
"When Caspar triller died in 1562, he had been pastor in Graba near Saalfeld ...
The duke ascertained from his Schösser in Saalfeld that triller had bought ..."
2. Studies in Musical Graces by Ernest Fowles (1907)
"triller. UNTERBROCHENER — A broken or intermittent trill. triller VON OBEN. (Ger.)
The trill with preparation from above. Vide Ex. 10, Sec. III. ..."
3. Annual Report of the City Engineer by Toronto City Engineer's Dept (1902)
"46 ft., being to the east street line of triller Avenue, Cedar, ... 48ft., from
the west street line, iif triller Avenue, westward, is Hemlock, ..."
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