单词 | long-winged |
释义 | long-wingedadj. Of a bird or flying insect: having long wings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > of particular kind long-winged1566 spur-winged1668 tented1849 scissor-winged1894 1566 T. Blundeville Bredynge of Horses f. 12v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe He may haue such Coltes of hym as wyll be able to continue in such extreme exercyses, as..to folowe a longe winged Hauke. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 65 Accipiter Milvus regalis..the long-winged Kite, or Puttock. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 156 These species may be called long winged owls. 1894 J. Le Conte in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 752 In long-winged birds..the ability to rise quickly..is sacrificed. 1951 C. N. Colyer & C. O. Hammond Flies Brit. Isles xxv. 317 It will seem a far cry from the large, long-winged, long-legged Tipulids. 2003 S. L. Hilty Birds Venezuela (ed. 2) 383/2 A powerful, long-winged swift that flies fast. Compounds long-winged hawk n. Falconry a falcon (genus Falco). ΚΠ 1566Longe winged Hauke [see main sense]. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 161 The strangest long-wing'd Hauk that flies, That like a Bird of Paradise, Or Heraulds Martlet, has no legs. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Hawk The Long-wing'd, which last Hawks are the Faulcon or Slight-Faulcon. 1879 E. D. Radcliffe in Encycl. Brit. IX. 6 The first class comprises ‘falcons’, ‘long-winged hawks’, or ‘hawks of the lure’;..The second class is that of ‘hawks’, ‘short-winged hawks’, or ‘hawks of the fist’. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 32/1 Falcon..A diurnal bird of prey of the genus Falco , often referred to by falconers as a long-winged hawk or longwing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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