单词 | kirmew |
释义 | † kirmewn. Obsolete. The common Tern. It is doubtful whether the word has any standing in English except as occurring in quot. 16942 (transl. from German), which is also the source cited by Pennant, from whom subsequent writers get the name. Montagu ( Ornith. Dict. 1802–33) gives also kirman, probably an error. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna hirundo (common tern) scray1668 spur1676 kirmew1694 pictarne1710 pirr maw1744 tarrock1774 pictarnie1784 medrick1832 shear-tail1885 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 82 I have heard the Kirmew and Kutyegehf cry. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 92 The Kirmew hath a thin sharp-pointed bill as red as blood... It is commonly called Kirmew from its Cry. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 428 The Greater Tern..The kirmew. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1694 |
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