单词 | hen bird |
释义 | > as lemmashen bird hen bird n. a female bird, esp. a female chicken or game bird.In quot. ?1577 used as a term of endearment. ΚΠ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 401 Pypyn, or ȝyppe, as henn byrdys, pipio, pipulo. ?1577 Misogonus ii. iv. in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 214 Ahe mine owne henbourde I must nedes lay the oth lipps well vauntid. 1579 T. Newton in W. Bullein Bulwarke of Defence (new ed.) f. 78 Partriches wil bynd the belly, and do nourish muche, the Cockes bee better then the Henne Byrdes. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. xv. 71 And if you would haue them all Henne-birds, then set such egges as are more round and blunt, for the long and sharpe-pointed ones are commonly Cock-birds. 1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 114 I have also observed the Hen Birds of a great Number of Species to be of a Brown Or Clayey Colour. 1909 J. Lea Romance Bird Life 39 It was curious and amusing to see a pair in some cases, the hen-bird wildly rushing away, the mate in mad pursuit. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True vi. 166 A dozen male birds of the same age—domestic fowls, common pheasants, or gold pheasants, for instance—should be chosen, all known to be acceptable to the hen birds. < as lemmas |
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