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单词 silk-tail
释义 ˈsilk-tail
[tr. G. seidenschwanz, f. G. seide silk + schwanz tail.]
The waxwing or Bohemian chatterer, Ampelis garrulus or G. Bohemicus.
1685Phil. Trans. XV. 1161 Ad lanios ea Avicula referenda est, quam a Germanis Silk-tail vulgo appellari audio.1703Ray in Thoresby's Lett. Eminent Men (1832) II. 23 The Silk-tail is to me a bird altogether new.1767G. White Selborne xii, I pronounced it the male garrulus bohemicus, or German silk-tail.1864Hibberd in Intell. Obs. V. 24 The silktail, the grosbeak, the snowflake..may occasionally be seen [in England].1899Daily News 14 Jan. 5/1 The eggs of the common fly-catcher..acquire a blueish-green shining colour, and are then sold..as the eggs of the silk-tail.
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