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单词 rock-bird
释义 ˈrock-bird
[rock n.1]
a. A bird that haunts rocks; esp. a puffin.
b. A bird of the genus Rupicola; a ‘cock of the rock’.
c. U.S. The spotted, or the purple, sandpiper (Tringa maculata, or maritima).
1766Chron. in Ann. Reg. 129/1 The place of resort..of..numbers of rock birds or puffins.1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 212 Spotted Tring. Rock bird. Tringa Maculata.1810in Risdon's Surv. Devon 414 Rockbirds are very plentiful.1859Atkinson Walks & Talks (1892) 328 Mr. Spencer made some inquiries about rockbird's eggs.1862Johns Brit. Birds Index, Rock-birds, the Auk, Puffin, and Guillemot.1888[see rock-plover s.v. rock n.1 9 c].
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