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单词 flyway
释义 flyway
[f. fly v.1 + way n.1 7.]
The route taken by birds during migration; also in extended use (see quot. 19482).
1891Outing (U.S.) Dec. 222 But a few years ago San Diego Bay was gay with life as we rowed across it to the mouth of the Spanish Bight, which was then a favorite ‘fly way’ of this bird.1948Brit. Birds XLI. 279 The Yukon delta described as perhaps the richest breeding ground and migration flyway of arctic birds ever discovered.1948Conservation in Action V. 8/1 The term ‘flyway’ denotes a vast geographic region that is occupied by definite bird populations and contains both breeding and wintering grounds, connected by..migration routes.1962Times 26 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xv/6 Wildfowl are abundant in the prairie provinces, on the central flyway.1971Country Life 25 Feb. 435/2 It [sc. Ireland] is indeed the terminus of two wildfowl flyways.
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