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单词 eat-bee
释义 ˈeat-bee Obs.
An English name for the Merops apiaster, (sometimes wrongly identified with the Wood-pecker.) Cf. bee-eater.
[1573Cooper Thesaur., Apiastra Auicula est, Seruius, Eadem quæ merops, auis Germaniæ ignota. Longe enim errant, quæ picum viridem interpretantur.]1608Topsell Serpents 646 Divers living creatures are nourished by..honey; as the bear..the woodpecker or eat-bee.1611Cotgr., Guespier, a Woodwall, Wood-pecker, Eat-bee (a little bird).1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 520 An eat-bee, a bird; apiaster, merops.
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