| 单词 | green jay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen jay b. In more extended sense, applied to birds of the sub-family Garrulinæ or family Garrulidæ, among which are the Canada jay, grey jay, green jay, Siberian jay, etc.See also blue jay n. ΚΠ 1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 991 The Pica Glandarea, or Jay, is much less than our English Jay..it has both the same Cry, and suddain jetting Motion. 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 584/2 A most magnificent bird is the Columbia jay. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 180 Jays and ravens, Clamorous on the dusky tree-tops. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Jay, the name usually given by Europeans to the Coracias Indica, Linn., the Nīlkant or ‘blue~throat’ of the Hindus, found all over India. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 469 The Lanius infaustus of Linnæus..the Siberian Jay of English writers, which ranges throughout the pine-forests of the north of Europe and Asia. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 469 The Canada Jay, or ‘Whiskey Jack’..presents a still more sombre coloration. < as lemmas |
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