kittacincla

[Gr. kitta, for ki a a chattering, greedy bird, like the jay, and kingklos =a kind of wag-tail or water ousel.] Ornith.: A genus of Sylvide, sub-family Erythacine (Robins). Kittacincla macroura is the Indian Nightingale (q. v.). *kitte, pret. of v. [CUT, v.] kit-tel, v. t. [KITTLE.] kit-ten, *kit-oun, *kyt-on, s. [A dim in. from cat (q. v.).] A young cat; the young of the cat. kitten-moth, s. Entom.: A small species of Cerura, a genus of moths, family No to dont i dae. They are akin to, but smaller than the Pu -moth, Cerura vinula , whence the English names.