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单词 kiskadee
释义

kiskadeen.

Brit. /ˌkɪskəˈdiː/, U.S. /ˈkɪskəˌdi/
Forms: Also keskeedie, keskidee.
Etymology: Echoic, < the call of the bird.
A tyrant flycatcher, Pitangus sulphuratus, found in Central and South America; also used for related birds of the family Tyrannidæ.
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1891 Timehri 5 61 One of the most common of birds..is a brown and yellow Tyrant-shrike called the keskeedie (Pitangus sulphuratus).
1891 Timehri 5 88 The large kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)..whose loud, harsh and fierce cry of kis~kis-kiskadee is to be heard at all times of the day.
1922 Blackwood's Mag. July 16/1 Glorious clumps of bamboo with kiskadees clinging like yellow blossoms to the bending plumes.
1941 Penguin New Writing 6 75 Some keskidees were singing in the mango tree.
1953 E. R. Blake Birds Mexico 347 While mainly insectivorous like their relatives, Kiskadees also commonly catch small fish.
1958 J. Carew Wild Coast i. 7 Hector watched the birds and remembered..a pair of kiskadees.
1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 316/1 Some larger species with shrike~like or terrestrial habits, such as the Kiskadee Flycatcher (or Great Kiskadee) Pitangus sulphuratus..take lizards, frogs, mice, and small birds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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