单词 | jack-in-a-bottle |
释义 | > as lemmasjack-in-a-bottle ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Aegithalidae > genus Aegithalos (long-tailed titmouse) poke bag1663 pudding-poke1684 bottle tom1802 bottle tit1817 bumbarrel1817 feather-poke1831 mufflin1837 jack-in-a-bottle1838 pettichaps1851 poke pudding1851 Long Tom1853 muffler1868 hedge-jug1881 ragamuffin1885 1838 Penny Mag. 15 Dec. 482/1 It is known by other local names, as ‘Jack-in-a-bottle’, ‘Bottle Tom’, &c. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 31 The penduline form of the nest, and the feathers which compose the lining, have obtained for the bird the names of Jack in a bottle. Bottle Tom. [etc.] 1901 G. L. Apperson Idler's Cal. 17 Perhaps the greatest of these ornithological ‘Jacks’ is the ‘Jack-in-a-bottle’, which is a country name for a kind of titmouse that builds a bottle-like, hanging nest. < as lemmas |
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