| 单词 | chimney-swallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschimney-swallow chimney-swallow n. (a) the common swallow, Hirundo rustica; (b) = chimney-swift n. a species of swift, Chætura pelagica. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Cypseloides or Chaetura chimney-swallow1775 fillet-swift1861 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > hirundo rustica (swallow) swallowa700 Prognea1425 house swallow1572 hirondelle?1590 chimney-swallow1775 barn-swallow1851 1775 G. White in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 258 The house-swallow, or chimney-swallow, is..the first comer of all the British hirundines. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 60 Red winged Starling, Swallow, Chimney do. 1809 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont (ed. 2) I. 140 The species called the house or chimney swallow, has been found during the winter, in hollow trees. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 231/1 Chaetura p[e]lagica, the ‘chimney-swallow’ of the United States. < as lemmas |
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