单词 | gambetta |
释义 | † gambettan. Obsolete. Any of several wading birds of the former genus Gambetta (now incorporated in the genus Tringa); esp. the greenshank, T. nebularia. Also: the former genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > unspecified and miscellaneous types smiring1655 gambetta1678 plover's page1771 gambet1776 Terek1785 plover's provider1892 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 300 The Gambetta of Aldrovand is also near of kin to the Redshank... This Bird we saw at Milan in Italy... It is something less than a Lapwing. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Gambetta, the name of a bird somewhat resembling the common redshank. 1782 R. Brookes Compl. Syst. Ornithol. II. xxxiv. 252 The Gambetta of Aldrovandus, is a-kin to the Pool-Snipe. 1849 A. Soyer Mod. Housewife 297 With this bird may be classed the following, and cook in the same way :..Gambet or Gambetta, by some called the Greenshank. 1889 Cent. Dict. Gambetta, An old name of the gambets, now used in ornithology as a generic name for these birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1678 |
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