| 单词 | grassbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrassbird grassbird n. (a) any of various small songbirds, esp. Old World Warblers of (or formerly included in) the genera Schoenicola and Sphenoeacus (frequently with distinguishing word); (b) any of several sandpipers; esp. the pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (now rare); cf. grass snipe n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia jack snipe1664 grassbird?1740 spotted snipe1785 rock-bird1792 peetweet1838 teeter1844 teeter-tail1917 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sphenoeacus grassbird?1740 idle Jack1884 idle Dick1901 ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 38 Among their Birds are..Grass-Birds, Parrots, Parokets, Pink Birds,..and variety without Names in the Woods. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 375 Grass Finch..Inhabits New York..Called the Grey Grass-bird. 1859 Ibis 1 257 Semipalmated Sandpiper... ‘Grass Bird’. Occurs in autumn and frequents the ‘pastures’, in flocks from ten to twenty. 1874 Newcastle (Austral.) Chron. 10 Jan. 4/1 We found, in a tuft of grass over-shadowed by wild roses, a grass bird's nest. 1904 Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. 10 64 Grass birds, such as Wood Wren and Willow Wren, rarer the last few years. 1926 A. H. Hamer Wild Flowers of Cape 38 It was a young Cape grass bird; a week later we..saw the mother grass bird feed it on a large green mantis. 1983 H. A. Raffaele Birds Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands 73 Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos. Local Names: Grassbird, Playero manchado. 2015 I. Campbell et al. Birds Austral. 354 Tawny Grassbird..is most common in the Top End (NT [= Northern Territory]). < as lemmas |
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