| 释义 |
dovekie|ˈdʌvkɪ|
Also doveca, -key, -ky.
[Sc. dim. of dove: cf. lassikie, wifikie, or -ockie (which are of 3 syllables), and see dove 1 c, dovie b.]
An arctic bird, the Black Guillemot (Uria Grylle). Also (and now normally), the little auk (Plautus alle).
1821A. Fisher Jrnl. 27 Another species of diver was seen today..it is called by the seamen, Dovekey. 1823Scoresby Jrnl. Whale Fishery 421 Colymbus Grylle—Tyste or Doveca. 1835Sir J. C. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. liv. 693 The second dovekie of the season was seen. 1859M'Clintock Voy. Fox 95 Seals and dovekies are now common. 1917T. G. Pearson Birds of Amer. I. 31 The little Dovekies or ‘Sea Doves’ breed along the coasts of Greenland. 1928W. B. Alexander Birds of Ocean x. 251 Dovekie or Little Auk (Alle alle). 1954Fisher & Lockley Sea-Birds i. 17 Among the auks the dovekie and the Brünnick's guillemot from the north join the puffins, razorbills and guillemots in ocean wanderings. |