| 单词 | grey snipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey snipe grey snipe n. chiefly North American (now rare) any of several greyish wading birds; esp. the short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > limnodromus griseus (dowitcher) grey snipe1756 red-breasted snipe?a1808 dowitcher1841 brown-back1844 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 477 Tringa 2. Subcinerea... The larger grey Snipe with a white neck. 1870 Game Laws Pennsylvania in Fur, Fin & Feather (1872) 120 No person shall kill, capture, take..any gray snipe. 1904 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 72 185 From the thoracic cavity of a Gray Snipe, Gallinago Wilsonii, Dr. Warren obtained five Flukes 18 mm. long. 1957 Anderson (Indiana) Herald 26 Dec. 20/2 Such delicacies as gray snipe, blue geese, white geese and mallards. < as lemmas |
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