单词 | egg-bird |
释义 | > as lemmasegg-bird egg-bird n. a species of tern ( Hydrochelidon fuliginosum) common in the West Indies, where its eggs are collected for use as food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > other types of tern noddya1577 egg-bird1697 white bird1697 sheep's-head gull1808 moustache tern1837 Inca tern1887 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 54 Small grey Fowls, no bigger than a Black-bird; yet lay Eggs bigger than a Magpy's: and they are therefore by Privateers called Egg-birds. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. iv. 1362 Upon the shore, were..some egg birds. < as lemmas |
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