| 单词 | coach-whip bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoach-whip bird 4. attributive, as coach-whip bird, coach-whip snake (see quots.). Π 1737 Dr. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 256 The Coach-whip Snake; so called from its being very long and slender like a Coach-whip. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 219 The Coach whip snake..is 6 or 7 feet long, and very slender and active. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 271/2 The ‘coach~whip’ bird..has a loud, full note, ending sharply like the crack of a whip. 1918 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. (ed. 4) 151 Rufous-breasted Whistler (Thickhead), Little Thrush, Ring Coachman, Coachwhip-Bird. < as lemmas |
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