‖ zosterops Ornith.
(ˈzɒstərɒps)
[mod.L. (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827), f. Gr. ζωστήρ girdle + ὤψ eye.]
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.
| 1867 A. L. Adams Wand. Nat. India 71 That beautiful warbler the yellow zosterops, known by the white downy ring round the eye. 1909 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 204/2 It is interesting to watch a Zosterops operating on a pear. |