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
It was quite clear that his visitant of last night, if there had been one, was not the native spectre of this small old manor-house.
From The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
