单词 | dovekie |
释义 | dovekien. An arctic bird, the Black Guillemot ( Uria grylle). Also (and now normally), the little auk ( Plautus alle). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > cepphus grylle (black guillemot) sea-pigeon1620 sea turtle-dove1676 Greenland-dove1678 Greenland dove1678 sea-turtle1678 diving-pigeon1694 pigeon diver1694 scraber1698 puffineta1705 Greenland turtle?1787 tinkershere1799 dovekie1819 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > alle alle (little auk) ice bird1620 rotge1694 rotche1806 rotchie1806 sea-dove1826 king-auk1851 dovekie1917 1819 A. Fisher Jrnl. 18 June in Jrnl. Voy. Arctic Regions 1819–20 (1821) 27 Another species of diver was seen today..it is called by the seamen, Dovekey. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 421 Colymbus Grylle—Tyste or Doveca. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage liv. 693 The second dovekie of the season was seen. 1859 F. L. M'Clintock Voy. ‘Fox’ 95 Seals and dovekies are now common. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 31 The little Dovekies or ‘Sea Doves’ breed along the coasts of Greenland. 1928 W. B. Alexander Birds of Ocean x. 251 Dovekie or Little Auk (Alle alle). 1954 J. M. M. Fisher & R. M. Lockley Sea-birds i. 17 Among the auks the dovekie and the Brünnick's guillemot from the north join the puffins, razorbills and guillemots in ocean wanderings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1819 |
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