| 单词 | maize thief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaize thief maize thief n. U.S. (now historical) = maize-bird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius maize thief1772 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird) red-winged starling1729 red-winged blackbird?1769 maize thief1772 redwing1778 red-winged oriole1785 red-winged troopial1825 redwing blackbird1830 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 swamp blackbird1891 officer1902 1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 372 The laws of Pensylvania..have settled a premium of three-pence a dozen for dead maize thieves. 1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird... Maize-thief. 1914 E. H. Eaton Birds N.Y. II. 232 In the early days of the country the Redwing was called the maize thief from his depredations upon the cornfield. < as lemmas |
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