| 释义 |
ˈrockier dial.
[f. rock n.1 + -ier1.]
The rock-dove (Columba livia).
1780G. White Selborne xciv, There were among them little parties of small blue doves, which he calls rockiers. 1802Montagu Ornith. Dict. s.v., Rock Dove... Provincial. Rockier. 1859Atkinson Walks & Talks (1892) 350 The first proved to be only a domestic pigeon. The other, however, was a genuine wild rockier. 1862Johns Brit. Birds Index, Rocker and Rockier, the Rock Dove. |