| 单词 | jack curlew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack curlew jack curlew n. now chiefly Canadian the whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus; cf. curlew-jack n. at curlew n. 3.In North America whimbrel were formerly regarded as a separate species ( N. hudsonicus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) whaup1538 jack curlew1770 Eskimo curlew1772 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius phaeopus (whimbrel) spowe1519 whimbrel1530 May-chick1577 jack curlew1770 May-bird1791 tang-whaup1808 May-fowl1852 May jack1880 May curlew1885 crooked-bill marlin1886 1770 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) IV. Index Jack Curlew, vide Whimbrel. 1866 G. Montagu Dict. Birds at Wimbrel The Whimbrel has..in some parts..obtained the name of Jack Curlew, from a supposition that it is the male of that bird. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 645 Numenius hudsonicus (Of Hudson's Bay), Hudsonian Curlew, Jack Curlew. 1979 Kenosha (Wisconsin) News 7 Sept. 14/4 Many jack curlews nest in northern Canada and on the coast of Alaska. < as lemmas |
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