Elegant Euphonia
“Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.” (Luke 23:11 NIV)
“And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.” (Luke 23:11 KJV)
Christ wore an elegant or gorgeous robe. They were mocking him, yet, he was very worthy of wearing an elegant robe.
Avian and Attributes – Elegant
EL’EGANT, a. [L. elegans.] Polished; polite; refined; graceful; pleasing to good taste; as elegant manners.
1. Polished, neat; pure; rich in expressions; correct in arrangement; as an elegant style or composition.
2. Uttering or delivering elegant language with propriety and grace; as an elegant speaker.
3. Symmetrical; regular; well formed in its parts, proportions and distribution; as an elegant structure.
5. Beautiful in form and colors; pleasing; as an elegant flower.
6. Rich; costly and ornamental; as elegant furniture or equipage.
Our Creator and Savior knew about creating Elegant beauty, especially in the avian creations. Here is a list of birds that birdwatchers have place the word, Elegant, in their first names:
Elegant Quail (Callipepla douglasii) Male ©WikiC
Elegant Crescentchest (from Flickr)
Elegant Crested Tinamou (Eudromia elegans) Cloud Forest at Zoo Miami by Lee
Elegant Euphonia (Euphonia elegantissima) ©WikiC
Links to: Elegant Honeyeater, and Elegant Imperial Pigeon,
Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) WikiC
Elegant Tern by Ian Montgomery
Link to Elegant Pitta
Elegant Quail (from Flickr)
Links to Elegant Sunbird, Elegant Tit,
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans) by S Slayton
Elegant Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus elegans) ©WikiC
Birds whose first name start with “E”
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[Definitions from Webster’s Dictionary of American English (1828), unless noted. Bird info from Wikipedia plus. Edited]
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