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ver•din
(vûr′dn),USA pronunciation n.
- Birdsa small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.
- French: a green passerine bird of Southeast Asia (Chloropsis spelling, spelled), derivative of vert green (see vert)
- 1880–85, American.