quelea

From Latin quelea, coined as a specific name by Linnaeus; of uncertain etymology but possibly related to Late Latin qualea (“quail”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːlɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwiliə/

quelea (plural queleas)

1. The African weaverbird (genus Quelea).
   • 2014, “Pusher”, in This Is All Yours, performed by ​​alt-J:

     A canopy of red-billed quelea / Passed over the blue / A five-hour flock, not one dives down

• dioch

• weaver, weaver bird

• quelea bird
• red-billed quelea

• "quelea, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• quelea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• quelea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:quelea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷɛ.ɫe.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷɛː.le.a]

quelea f (genitive queleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) quelea

First-declension noun.