Seisura
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin from the 19th century, from Ancient Greek σείειν (seíein, “to shake”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). See Seisura inquieta (Myiagra inquieta) (water wagtail or restless flycatcher).
Proper noun
editSeisura f
- (obsolete) A former genus of Australian flycatchers, now in the genus Myiagra.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Seisura”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Edward Morris (1898) A Dictionary of Austral English[1]