| 单词 | fiscal-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfiscal-bird 3. South African. In full †fiscal-bird, fiscal shrike. A shrike ( Lanius collaris). Cf. butcherbird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) > genus Lanius > lanius collaris (fiscal) fiscal1793 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 293 Fiscal and Canary-byter were the appellations given to a black and white bird (Lanius collaris) which was common in the town. 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. i. 29 Turtle doves, a thrush called the Sprew, and the fiscal bird, the Lanius Collaris, frequent the gardens near the town. 1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds II. 23 The Canary-Biter, or Fiscal-bird..the tail feathers in the cinereous species are twice as broad as in the Fiscal. 1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. 374 Fiskal Shrike. 1980 J. Oliver Beginner's Guide Birds 84 The Fiscal is black and white with a long tail and a white V on its back. < as lemmas |
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