A species of bird frequenting fallow land; the wheatear (Saxicola œnanthe); called also arling, clodhopper, and fallow-smiter. (Also applied by…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Coccothraustes (hawfinch) (6) clot-bird1544 A species of bird frequenting fallow land; the wheatear (Saxicola œnanthe); called also arling, clodhopper, and fallow-smiter. (Also applied by… cherry-cracker1587 the Hawfinch or Grosbeak. hawfinch1673 The common grosbeak, Coccothraustes vulgaris, a bird about six inches in length, having a large strong beak adapted for breaking the hard seeds and… stone-biter1731 (a) the hawfinch; (b) Orkney and Shetland the common catfish or wolf-fish. clodhopper1834 A bird; the Wheat-ear. Cf. clot-bird, n. cherry-finch1865 = cherry-cracker n. |
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