| 单词 | little blue heron |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle blue heron b. North American. Either of two North American herons, the large Ardea herodias (also more fully great blue heron) and the small Egretta caerulea (also more fully little blue heron). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of blue heron1565 white heron1575 blue heron1731 squacco1752 frog-catcher1782 purple heron1785 great blue1838 Goliath1860 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 76 Ardea cœrulea, the blue Heron..These Birds are not numerous in Carolina, and are rarely seen but in the Spring of the Year. 1835 J. J. Audubon Birds Amer. III. 93 When wounded, the Great Blue Heron immediately prepares for defence, and woe to the man or dog who incautiously comes within reach of its powerful bill. 1893 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 198 Here let me say that the great blue heron is..a big bird. 1917 A. H. Spicer Songs Skokie 155 Wind o' the low lake where hides the blue hern. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 206/2 The Ward is the Southern form of the great blue heron. 1972 M. J. Ursin Life in & around Salt Marshes 75 (caption) A blue-gray heron patched with white is unmistakably an immature little blue heron approaching adulthood. 2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Oct. a1/3 They [sc. mussels] are too tough for people to eat, but they make tasty snacks for blue herons. < as lemmas |
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