单词 | hay-bird |
释义 | hay-birdn. 1. A name given locally to various small birds that build their nests with hay, esp. of the genera Sylvia and Phylloscopus, as the Blackcap, Garden Warbler, and Willow-Wren. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that builds or lives in > that nests in specific place hay-bird1802 hay-jacka1825 hole-nester1938 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. II. at Pettychaps-lesser Dr. Latham says this is called in Dorsetshire the Hay-bird; but..it is more probable that the Yellow Wren should obtain that name. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 24 Blackcap..Hay bird (Northants). 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 64 In many places the Willow-Wren is also known as the Hay-bird. 2. The Pectoral Sandpiper or Grass-snipe, Tringa maculata. (New Jersey, U.S.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1802 |
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