A nocturnal bird, which is sometimes identified as a night owl, night heron, or nightjar, and sometimes imagined as a distinct species. Also in…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous (21) night-raveneOE A nocturnal bird, which is sometimes identified as a night owl, night heron, or nightjar, and sometimes imagined as a distinct species. Also in… cold-finch1676 A book-name of the Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa atricapilla. crane1678 Applied locally to other large grallatorial birds, as herons and storks; also to the Shag or Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax graculus). diver1694 An animal expert in diving. (Cf. 2.) solitary1708 = solitaire, n. 5a. Obsolete. rare. wheat-bird1747 a bird that feeds on wheat, esp. the chaffinch; also, in North America, the horned lark, Eremophila alpestris. yellow-bill1775 any of various birds with a yellow bill or yellow markings on the bill; cf. yellow-billed, adj. Chinese thrush1781 With qualifying words (indicating native country, colour, food, habits, etc.) applied to various species of the genus Turdus or family Turdidæ… whidah thrush1781 whidaw goat n. a West-African species of goat, Capra reversa. whidah thrush n. Pholidauges leucogaster. tomtit1789 Any of various small birds unrelated to the titmice, as a wren (family Troglodytidae), (U.S.) a nuthatch (family Sittidae), and (Australian) a… solitaire1797 Ornithology. A large flightless bird (Pezophaps solitarius) formerly existing in the island of Rodriguez. Cf. solitary, n. 3. year-bird1798 a hornbill, esp. the wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeras undulatus) of Asia and the Papuan hornbill (R. plicatus) of New Guinea, in which a new wrinkle… softbill1830 Esp. in aviculture: any bird, esp. a songbird, that has a bill adapted for feeding on soft foods such as insects and fruit. Contrasted with hardbill… swift-shrike1841 a bird of the genus Ocypterus. scissor bird1843 Any of various other birds with a tail, bill, or call that is reminiscent of scissors; esp. a frigate bird (genus Fregata). seed finch1862 (usually with distinguishing word) any of the small finches of the Central and South American genus Oryzoborus or certain related genera (family E… sea-flyer1869 one of the longipennine natatorial sea-birds, as gulls, etc. stalker1872 †Used as the name of a bird found in North-West Africa (obsolete). Also in Ornithology, as the rendering of modern Latin Gradatores, an order of… seven sisters1873 More fully seven sisters bird. A southern Asian bird often seen in small groups, the jungle babbler, Turdoides striata (family Leiotrichidae). dicky bird1879 In regional use, denoting any of various particular types of bird (see quots.). Cf. dicky, n.1 8. baboon bird1883 a bird that is thought to resemble a baboon or other monkey in some way; spec. †(a) the crimson fruitcrow, Haematoderus militaris (family Cotingidae)… |
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