单词 | aluco |
释义 | † alucon. Obsolete. An owl; esp. the tawny owl, Strix aluco.In quot. 1753: the barn owl, Tyto alba, which was formerly placed in the genus Aluco. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Strix > strix aluco (tawny owl) jenny whooper1600 aluco1657 grey owl1673 ivy-owl1674 brown owl1678 tawny owl1766 wood-owl1809 hoot owl1885 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl) shritch?a1500 scritch owl1510 shritch-owl1538 strich1552 screech owl1567 shriek-owl1567 madge?1576 lich-owl1585 lich-fowl1611 jill-hooter1668 white owl1672 barn owl1674 church owl1678 aluco1753 padge1848 cherubim1864 squinch-owl1880 monkey-facec1940 1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature vi. iv. 169 There are two kinds of Aluco's [L. Aluconis duo sunt genera], the greater, and the lesse. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xii. 267 The Aluco, or Tuidara of Brasil is a kind of Owl, not unlike ours in shape. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Aluco, the name by which authors have called the common white owl. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. 134 Tawny Owl, Syrnium Stridula, Aluco Owl. 1827 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 25) 73 The nocturnal birds of prey of this order, consist of the snowy owl, or harfang, the aluco owl, the white, the short-eared, and the little owl, or cheveche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1657 |
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