Chrysolophus (solus)

[NL., Gr. χρυσόλοφος, with golden crest, Chrysomela (kris-ō-mēʻlä), n. [NL. (with ref. to Gr. χρυσο μηλολόνθιον, a term of endearment, lit. a little golden beetle or cockchafer, Leaf-beetle (Chry. somela exclamatio wis ). (Line shows nat ural size.) Gr. χρυσόμηλον , + μηλολόνθη, a cockchafer), chrysomelid (kris-ō-mel'id), a. and n. I. a. Of or relating to the Chrysomelid a. II. n. A beetle of the family Chrysomelide . Chrysomelidæ (kris-o-mel'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., 991 see), detached from the polyp-stock, and in this state mistaken for a different genus. Chrysomitris (kris-ō-mit'ris), n. [NL., Gr. χρυσομήτρις (in Aristotle), a kind of bird, according to Sun devall the goldfinch, of fringilline birds, including the linnet or siskin ( C. spin us ), and later extended to a number of American linnets, as the pine-finch ( C.pin us ), the American goldfinch ( C. trist is ), etc., having an acutely conic bill, pointed wings, and short forked tail. See cut under goldfinch. Chrysomonadidæ (krisō-mō-nad'i-dē), n. pl. [NL.,