| 单词 | grey eagle buzzard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey eagle buzzard grey eagle n. either of two large birds of prey of a greyish colour: †(a) the young bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, formerly thought to represent a separate species (obsolete); (b) (also more fully grey eagle buzzard) the black-chested buzzard eagle, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, of South America. ΚΠ 1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 989 There are Three sorts of Eagles, the largest I take to be that they call the Grey Eagle. 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 173 The Gray Eagle, is much of the colour of our Kite or Glead. 1823 Port Folio Jan. 48 A friend of mine..believed it to be what is usually called the gray eagle, and was much surprised at the gradual metamorphosis. 1911 W. H. Koebel Uruguay xxiii. 273 Far rarer are the large grey eagle, and the cuerbo, or black vulture. 2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 19 Mar. 54 Ebore the Grey Eagle Buzzard. < as lemmas |
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