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Lore or lores?

To: Peter Shute <>
Subject: Lore or lores?
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:16:11 +1100
Peter,
You are correct, Lores is the plural and Lore is the singular. The word comes from the Latin "lorum" which means strap.

Cheers,
Carl Clifford


On 12/02/2007, at 10:00 AM, Peter Shute wrote:

I have seen a few books and websites that describe the area between a
bird's eye and bill as the "lores", and some that describe it as the
"lore".  I would assume that "lores" is plural, but many diagrams (e.g.
Simpson & Day) use the word on a picture of the side of a bird, where
all the other terms are singular.  So which is it - does a bird have one
lores or one lore on each side of its head?
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