单词 | grass finch |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass finch grass finch n. (a) North American the vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus (now rare); cf. grass sparrow n.; (b) Australian any of various Australian waxbills of the genus Poephila, (family Estrildidae) (also with distinguishing word). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Poephila grass finch1785 chestnut-eared finch1934 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Pooecetes (grass-finch) grass finch1785 grass sparrow1796 vesper-sparrow1869 vesper-bird1884 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 375 Grass Finch..Inhabits New York..Called the Grey Grass-bird. 1845 Liberator (Boston) 26 Sept. 156/5 A grass-finch skippered to the top of a stump. 1855 A. White Pop. Hist. Birds 151 (running title) The Grass Finch. 1938 Maitland (New S. Wales) Daily Mercury 6 Aug. 2/5 A good long-tailed grass finch will have two very fine feathers in the tail, measuring about 3 inches. 1996 L. S. Jackson et al. Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas v. 366/1 The Vesper Sparrow, once called the Bay-winged Bunting or Grass Finch, is a common sparrow of brushy grassland. 2012 J. M. Forshaw & M. Shephard Grassfinches Austral. 1/1 Altogether, the grassfinches are a most attractive and interesting component of the rich avifauna of Australia. < as lemmas |
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