单词 | fairy martin |
释义 | > as lemmasfairy martin fairy martin n. an Australian martin, Petrochelidon (or Hirundo) ariel, which has a reddish-brown crown, dark back, and whitish underparts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Petrochelidan > other types of fairy martin1842 tree swallow1873 1842 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 15 The Fairy Martin..although enjoying a most extensive range, appears to have an antipathy to the country near the sea. 1883 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XV. 581/2 The ordinary Martin of Australia is the Hirundo or Hylochelidon nigricans of most ornithologists, and another and more beautiful form is the Ariel or Fairy-Martin of the same country, Hirundo or Lagenoplastes ariel. 1935 Auk 52 109 The photographs of the mud, retort-like, nests of the Fairy Martins..present the unusual in bird life. 2009 C. Ayris Gulf to Gulf iv. 24 There were several fairy martin nests clinging to the angle between the roof and walls. < as lemmas |
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