(a) = beccafico, n.; (b) see quot. 1854.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap) (9) fig-bird1576 (a) = beccafico, n.; (b) see quot. 1854. snap-fig1603 = beccafico, n. beccafico1621 A name given in Italy to small migratory birds of the genus Sylvia, much esteemed as dainties in the autumn, when they have fattened on figs and… fig-pecker1647 = beccafico, n. fig-finch1655 = beccafico, n. black cap1678 A bird having a distinctive black top to the head. Now in form blackcap. A greyish-brown warbler found chiefly in Europe, Sylvia atricapilla (family… fig-eater1678 (a) one who eats figs; (b) = beccafico, n. nettle-monger1712 †(a) the reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus (obsolete); (b) British regional = nettle creeper n. (b). mockingbird1883 Any of several birds with an aptitude for mimicking sounds, such as (New Zealand) the tui, Prosthemadura novaeseelandiae, (Australian) a lyrebird, (B… |
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