whip-tom-kelly
English
Etymology
In imitation of its notes.
Noun
whip-tom-kelly (plural not attested)
- (zoology) A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native to the West Indies and Florida.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for whip-tom-kelly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)