单词 | hudsonian |
释义 | Hudsonianadj. Of or pertaining to Hudson Bay and the surrounding land, esp. in the names of animals and the territory from Labrador to Alaska, as far south as the tree line, classified as the Hudsonian biogeographical zone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [adjective] > biogeographical Hudsonian1835 Nearctic1858 neotropical1858 Palaearctic1858 palaeogean1858 palaeotropical1858 tropicopolitan1858 subregional1870 neotropic1877 Notogaean1879 Indogaean1885 Ornithogaean1890 Pontic1891 Notogaeic1896 ecogeographical1939 ecogeographic1951 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > Canada > parts of Canada Nova Scotian1790 down east1825 Labradorian1830 Hudsonian1835 British Columbian1858 Newfoundlandic1871 Scotian1884 Ontarian1893 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 727 The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa Hudsonica..is scarcely ever found farther south along the coast than the State of Maryland. 1858 S. F. Baird Birds (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route Pacific IX) ii. 744 (heading) in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 91) Numenius Hudsonicus,..Short-billed or Hudsonian Curlew... Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 1871 J. A. Allen in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 2 401 The Hudsonian Fauna doubtless embraces outlying islands of the Canadian Fauna, as the upper part of the White Mountains, and the summits of the higher peaks in the Adirondacks. 1939 Beaver June 48/1 The Hudsonian chickadees and Canada jays would come near, making life a bit more cheerful. 1947 R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds East of Rockies (ed. 2) 266 Parus hudsonicus: (1) Hudsonian Brown-capped Chickadee, P. h. hudsonicus. 1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 15 The Hudsonian zone in Alberta is poorly characterized by mammals. 1952 T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Tundra World 42 I was startled by a series of loud, wild ‘tit-tit-tit-tit-tit’ notes from a big brown bird which leapt into the air a few feet in front. A Hudsonian curlew of course. 1952 D. F. Putnam Canad. Regions 139/1 The Hudsonian Life Zone..extends from the timber limit to the south of James Bay, Lake Mistassini and Pointe des Monts on the North Shore. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 713/2 The smaller Whimbrel N[umenius] phaeopus is Holarctic (its American race being sometimes called ‘Hudsonian Curlew’). 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 715/1 The Hudsonian Godwit L[imosa] haemastica migrates from North America to South America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1835 |
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