zosteropshttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zosterops_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezosterops, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zosteropsnoun

Ornithology.
  1. 1867–
    Any of the small birds of the genus so named, widely distributed chiefly in tropical and subtropical regions, and characterized by a ring of white feathers round the eye; a silver-eye or white-eye.
    1. 1867
      That beautiful warbler the yellow zosterops, known by the white downy ring round the eye.
      A. L. Adams, Wanderings of Naturalist in India 71
    2. 1909
      It is interesting to watch a Zosterops operating on a pear.
      Blackwood's Magazine August 204/2

zosterops, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zosterops, n. was last modified in December 2024.