| 释义 |
ˈrain-fowl ? Obs.
1. a. = rainbird 1.
c1440Promp. Parv. 428/1 Reyn' fowle, bryd (or Wodewale, or Wodehake), gaulus. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 135 The green Woodpecker..called also the Rain-fowl. 1769J. Wallis Northumberland I. 321 The lesser spotted Woodpecker..Our common people call them Pick-a-trees, also Rain-fowl, from their being more loud and noisy before rain.
b. The Mistletoe Thrush.
1817T. Forster Nat. Hist. Swallowtribe (ed. 6) 70 Turdus viscivorus..Stormcock, Stormbird,..Rainfowl.
2. = rainbird 2.
1694Ray in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 200 The referring of the Old-men, or Rain-fowls, to the Cuckow.
3. = rainbird 3.
1849tr. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 215 The Australian Rain-fowl (Scr. australasia), a grey bird of the size of a crow. |