释义 |
‖ mimus Ornith.|ˈmaɪməs| [mod.L. use of L. mīmus mime n.] A genus of American birds including the mocking-bird, M. polyglottus; a bird of this genus.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Mimus,..the Indian Mock⁓bird, not much unlike the Jay, but somewhat smaller. attrib.1896Newton Dict. Birds 958 In the Mimus-group the tarsus is anteriorly scutellated. |