单词 | laysan |
释义 | Laysann. Ornithology. Used attributively in the name of various birds found on Laysan, an island in the Hawaiian archipelago, as Laysan albatross n. the albatross Diomedea immutabilis of the northern Pacific. Laysan duck n. = Laysan teal n. below. Laysan finch n. the Hawaiian honeycreeper Telespyza cantans, a large finch-like bird noted for its song. Laysan rail n. the extinct rail Porzanula palmeri. Laysan teal n. a mallard of the subspecies Anas platyrhynchos laysanensis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > member of genus Porzana ortolan1666 sora1705 quail1768 swamp crakea1891 Laysan rail1893 the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > family Diomedeidae (albatross) > diomedea immutabilis (Laysan albatross) Laysan albatross1893 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper) parrotbill1778 iiwi1784 honeycreeper1872 ou1887 Laysan finch1893 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas platyrhynchos (mallard) > Laysan duck Laysan teal1893 Laysan duck1973 1893 W. Rothschild Avifauna of Laysan i. 7 Telespiza flavissima, Rothsch. Yellow Laysan finch. 1893 W. Rothschild Avifauna of Laysan i. 19 Anas laysanensis, Rothsch. Laysan teal. 1903 Auk 20 386 The Bonin Petrels..may be mentioned as exceeding even the Laysan Albatross in numbers. 1903 Auk 20 392 The Laysan Rail is a wide-awake, inquisitive little creature. 1945 Audubon Mag. 47 343/2 The Laysan rail, has now suffered a fate from which there is no return. 1961 R. T. Peterson Field Guide Western Birds (ed. 2) 276 Laysan Finch..was introduced on Midway but disappeared about 1944. 1962 R. S. Palmer Handbk. N. Amer. Birds I. 130 The world population of the Laysan Albatross, in 1957–58 season, was estimated at 1,500,000. 1973 Sci. Amer. June 40/1 The birds are..the Laysan duck, the Hawaiian duck, [etc.]. 1992 Buzzworm Nov. 61/1 The burr is displacing the native bunchgrass, which is the preferred nesting habitat of the Laysan teal, one of the world's rarest birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1893 |
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