单词 | australian magpie |
释义 | > as lemmasAustralian magpie b. Australian. More fully Australian magpie. Any of several black and white birds of the butcher-bird family ( Cracticidae), esp. Gymnorhina tibicen.bush magpie: see bush n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > gymnorhina tibicen magpie1792 piping crow1832 organ bird1847 flute-bird1862 bush-magpie1890 maggie1901 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > genus Strepera (currawong) magpie1792 rainbird1817 trumpeter1827 currawong1926 1792 R. Atkins Jrnl. 13 Nov. We..made some excellent Soup of 1 Duck 1 Pidgeon 1 Crow & 3 Magpies. 1831 Acct. Colony Van Dieman's Land 88 At intervals the magpie, though unseen, filled the valley with its loud but sweet song. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn II. xviii. 4 A magpie was chanting his noble vesper hymn from a lofty tree. 1886 T. Heney Fortunate Days 47 The magpie swells from knoll or silent brake His loud sweet tune. 1922 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Apr. 22/2 I have also seen a magpie (crow-shrike) carry a freshly caught mouse to the top of a pine-tree. 1931 M. M. Banks Memories Pioneer Days Queensland 74 The magpie, a shrike thrush by classification, is, like the butcher bird, also pied black and white. 1962 B. W. Leake Eastern Wheatbelt Wildlife 86 The magpie and currawong or squeaker are closely related to the crow and are really crow shrikes. 1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 460/2 Magpies are among the most familiar of Australian birds because of their abundance. 1983 J. Hepworth More Birds & Beasties Austral. in Austral. National Dict. (at cited word) Magpie's voice is one in a million. No poofy trill or silvery squeak, But a fullblooded bush carillon. < as lemmas |
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