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Definition of Accentor modularis

Accentor modularis
Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium). Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook. Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic. Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden. Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak. Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. Hedge sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a European warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney. Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift. To breast up a hedge. See under Breast. To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. ``While the business of money hangs in the hedge.' --Pepys.

Meaning of Accentor modularis from wikipedia

- accentor family; most other accentors are limited to mountain habitats. Other, largely archaic, English names for the dunnock include hedge accentor,...
- (Prunella modularis) as the type species. Although the genus is usually used for all the accentors, the alpine accentor and Altai accentor are sometimes...
- alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) is a small p****erine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa. The Alpine accentor was...
- fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows. Dunnock, Prunella modularis (I) Order: P****eriformes   Family: P****eridae Old World sparrows are small...
- accentor (Prunella atrogularis) Alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) Brown accentor (Prunella fulvescens) Dunnock (Prunella modularis) Robin accentor (Prunella...
- fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows. Dunnock, Prunella modularis (I) Order: P****eriformes   Family: P****eridae Old World sparrows are small...
- fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows. Dunnock, Prunella modularis (I) Order: P****eriformes   Family: P****eridae Old World sparrows are small...
- ocularis (A) LC Brown accentor, Prunella fulvescens LC Black-throated accentor, Prunella atrogularis LC Dunnock, Prunella modularis LC Order: P****eriformes   Family:...
- Alpine accentor (alppirautiainen), Prunella collaris (A) Siberian accentor (taigarautiainen), Prunella montanella (A) Black-throated accentor (mustakurkkurautiainen)...
- sparrows. Alpine accentor (alpjärnsparv), Prunella collaris (A) Siberian accentor (sibirisk järnsparv), Prunella montanella (A) Radde's accentor (svartkronad...