单词 | curve-billed |
释义 | > as lemmascurve-billed curve-billed adj. [after scientific Latin curvirostra, curvirostris (1758 and 1766 respectively as specific names)] (in the names of birds) having a curved bill or beak. ΚΠ 1788 J. F. Gmelin Linnaeus' Syst. Naturæ (ed. 13) I. ii. 538 Curve-billed Duck. 1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 217 The curve-billed thrush (H[arporhynchus] curvirostris). 2010 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 38/3 Gila woodpeckers, curve-billed thrashers, and red-naped sapsackers swoop over a clear blue creek that threads through the arid landscape. < as lemmas |
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