| 单词 | lily-trotter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslily-trotter lily-trotter n. a water-bird of the family Jacanidæ, esp. Actophilornis africana, found in tropical Africa, or Microparra capensis, the lesser lily-trotter, found in east Africa; also = jacana n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of family Jacanidae (jacana) jacana1753 lotus bird1839 surgeon1855 surgeon-bird1870 lily-trotter1920 1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 649/2 The busy lily trotter, hurrying across the broad flat water-lily leaves. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 82 Those strange little birds, the lily-trotters. 1958 G. Durrell Encounters with Animals i. 35 It is with the aid of these long toes and the even distribution of weight that they give that the jacana manages to walk across water, using the water-lily leaves and other water-plants as its path~ways. It has thus earned its name of lily-trotter. 1971 Country Life 30 Sept. 830/1 The lakes [in Tanzania] give you close views of ibises, egrets,..lily trotters. < as lemmas |
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