kinglet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kinglet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kinglet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kinglet n small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kinglet \King"let\, n. 1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. --Carlyle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus {Regulus} and family {Sylviid[91]}. Note: 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.