| 单词 | eastern screech owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEastern screech owl b. Originally North American. Any of various small New World owls which have a wailing rather than a hooting call, belonging to the genus Megascops (often with distinguishing word); esp. a common owl of eastern North America, M. asio (more fully Eastern screech owl, †little screech owl).Formerly placed in the genus Otus with the scops owls of the Old World.Some early instances (as quot. 1670) may refer to the barn owl (see sense 1a), which is also present in North America. In the source of quot. 1737 this is clearly distinguished (the American screech owl being erroneously identified with some other European owl, perhaps the scops owl, Otus scops). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > otus asio (screech-owl) screech owl1670 1670 J. Ogilby America ii. ii. 147 The Birds both common and peculiar [to New England] are thus recited:..The long-liv'd Raven, th' ominous Screech-Owl. 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 178 The fourth is the small Screech-Owl, and is the same as those in Europe. a1789 J. Ledyard in J. Sparks Mem. Life & Travels J. Ledyard (1828) v. 132 We saw no other kind of birds but the screech-owl. 1812 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. V. 83 Red Owl..is..well known by its common name, the Little Screech Owl. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 121 The screech-owl would shake and shiver in the depths of the wood. 1904 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music 10 But to one who studies bird-music there can be little doubt about the Screech Owl... The quivering tremolo of his remarkable voice has in it the very essence of music. 1949 Amer. Forests Oct. 23/2 The weird call of the more or less familiar screech owl is probably the best known of all the owls. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Nov. 3/1 The screech owl is the one I hear and see most often. 2015 J. Eastman Birds Nearby 75/2 In rural areas, screech-owls favor open woodland and deciduous woodlots. < as lemmas |
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