| 单词 | king crow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking crow king crow n. originally Anglo-Indian any of several South Asian birds of the family Dicruridae thought to resemble crows; esp. the black drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus, a small black songbird having a long, forked tail, known to attack much larger birds that enter its territory. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Dicruridae king crow1809 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > flock > leader of flock king crow1809 1809 W. Simpson et al. Fabricius' Malabar & Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) 44/2 A black bird with a long tail that sings before day-break; a king-crow [1779 king of the crows]. 1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 143 The King-crow..leaves the whole bird and beast tribe far behind in originality and force of character. 1998 R. J. Huggett Fund. of Biogeogr. (2002) 113/2 Another bird species, the king crow (Dicrurus macrocercus)..feeds on insects disturbed by the foraging minas. < as lemmas |
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