visitant

Example Sentences

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At Clear Lake, the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

That humanity might in its progress be freed more and more from this unwelcome visitant was the purpose with which the National Crime Commission was organized.

From Time Magazine Archive

I rang the bell, for I wanted a candle; and I wanted, too, to get an account of this visitant.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

At Clear Lake the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

No ghostly visitant disturbed Mittie's and Sara's slumbers the second night.

From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)