| 单词 | ice pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice pigeon ice pigeon n. †(a) a bird of the Antarctic, (probably) either an Antarctic petrel or a sheathbill (obsolete rare); (b) a breed of domestic pigeon whose prevailing colour is a pale bluish lavender; cf. sense 5b.Siberian ice pigeon: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1829 C. S. Stewart Let. 25 May in Visit to South Seas (1832) I. 104 A beautiful ice-pigeon, probably from New Shetland, which lighted on our capstan hungry and exhausted, proclaimed an approach to the Cape. 1852 G. M. Colvocoresses Four Years in Govt. Exploring Exped. x. 114 Saw several sperm-whales, and a flock of ice-pigeons, of which we were fortunate enough to obtain specimens. 1855 Poultry Chron. 30 May 298/1 The Ice pigeon is another variety of the German Toys, known there by the names of ‘Eis-’, ‘Mehl-’, or ‘Silberfarbige-Taupe’. In size they are rather stouter than a Dove-house pigeon. 1969 C. R. Hill Pet Library's Pigeon Guide viii. 151 (caption) White barred blue Ice Pigeon, young cock. A German exhibition breed. 2005 M. M. Vriends & T. E. Erskine Pigeons 87/2 The Franconian velvet shields,..and ice pigeons are examples of the color pigeons. < as lemmas |
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