| 释义 |
† ˈcolmow Obs.
A kind of sea-gull.
c1475Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 761 Hec alcedo, a colmow.
[Perh. an error for *colmew, or repr. an OE. *colmáw for *colmǽw, as a comp. of mǽw, ‘alcedo vel alcion’, ‘larus’, a sea-mew or gull. It may mean coal- or black-gull; but cf. calmewe, prob. the same word, and the forms given in note to coal-mouse.] |