More fully †standardwing goatsucker (obsolete), standardwing nightjar. Either of two nightjars, the standard-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis…
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > having feathers on > of particular type or colour (4) standardwinga1867 More fully †standardwing goatsucker (obsolete), standardwing nightjar. Either of two nightjars, the standard-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis… sword-flighted1868 said of a bird having some of the wing-feathers contrasted in colour with the rest, suggesting a sword carried at the side. standard-winged1875 In the names of birds: characterized by the possession of pairs of elongated wing feathers (see standard, n. 7), typically by the male. pin-winged1890 having the first primary feather of the wing short and slender, as in certain American pigeons. |
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