单词 | jack crow |
释义 | > as lemmasjack crow ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > genus Picathartes Picathartes1837 jack crow1873 1873 A. Gallenga Pearl of Antilles v. 94 Not many birds in sight ; hardly any warbler's note—only everywhere the ‘jack crow’, or Turkey buzzard, a foul and unwieldy vulture. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 23 One of the chief features of Free Town are the jack crows. Some writers say they are peculiar to Sierra Leone. 1905 B. Pullen-Burry Ethiopia in Exile i. 21 The Jack Crows sitting on the housetops with outspread wings fit in with other objects in the tropical landscape. < as lemmas |
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