单词 | jungle babbler |
释义 | > as lemmasjungle babbler jungle babbler n. a large greyish-brown songbird, Turdoides striata (family Leiotrichidae), widespread in South Asia, having a long tail and living in small noisy flocks. ΚΠ 1863 T. C. Jerdon Birds India II. i. 62 Malacocircus Malabaricus... The Jungle Babbler. Descr.—Very like M. terricolor, but somewhat darker in color, with broader and more distinct pale mesial streaks on the feathers of the back. 1914 T. B. Fletcher Some South Indian Insects xxiii. 224 The Jungle Babbler (C. canorus), commonly called ‘Seven Sisters’, is common throughout Southern India. 2018 Indian Express (Nexis) 18 May There was more cacophonous belligerence by a gang of fluffed-up jungle babblers who bounced menacingly towards another. < as lemmas |
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