isabelline

English
The isabelline shrike

Etymology

Probably named for Isabella I of Castile, said to have promised not to change her undergarments until Spain was freed from the Moors.

Adjective

isabelline (comparative more isabelline, superlative most isabelline)

  1. coloured a greyish yellow
    The isabelline (or Daurian) shrike is a greyish-yellow and hunts from prominent perches, impaling the corpses on thorns as a larder.

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Further reading

Isabelline (colour) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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